MANAMA: Bahrain is set to send a 700-tonne consignment of aid containing food, medicines and tents to conflict-torn Yemen.

A total of 36 shipping containers filled with the aid, including a special one for medicines, will set sail on Saturday from Khalifa Bin Salman Port.

The humanitarian initiative is being spearheaded by the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) under the directives of His Majesty King Hamad.

“Bahrain will send humanitarian aid that includes mainly rice, wheat flour, medicine, water, tents and canned food items,” said RCO secretary-general Dr Mustafa Al Sayed.

“His Majesty led by example and
ordered the dispatch of aid to Yemen by
donating $1.2 million to support relief work that was used to buy 700 tonnes
of food and medicines.”