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Saudi Arabia says provides health services to 47,000 Yemeni refugees

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Saudi Arabia has said that health services will be provided to around 47,000 Yemeni refugees in the country, local media reported on Thursday.

Yemeni refugees suffering from ailments and injuries may receive treatment at Saudi hospitals, local news portal Al Eqtisadiya said.

Meanwhile, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has signed an agreement with five private hospitals in Yemeni city of Aden to treat injured Yemenis there for free, Al Eqtisadiya reported, quoting the center's general supervisor, Abdullah Rabea.

Rabea said his center supports a total of 61 health facilities across Yemen directly or through the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

In addition to the provision of health services, Saudi Arabia announced last month the granting of temporary work permits for Yemeni residents. The renewable permits are valid for six months, covering male Yemenis aged 18 to 60.

It also launched an online education program for 1 million Yemeni students in Yemen and other countries.

A Saudi-led coalition of mostly Arab countries started a military campaign in March 2015 to restore power to internationally recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi after Houthi rebels, backed by allied forces, stormed the capital Sanaa and forced Hadi into exile.

Thousands of people have been killed, many of them civilians, and many more wounded since March 2015, in airstrikes and fighting on the ground in Yemen. Endit