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Yemen Red Crescent Society
The Yemen Red Crescent Society (Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر اليمني ) is a Yemeni humanitarian association founded in 1968. The group is a national affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Main goals Speaking in 2018, the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Elhadj As Sy, said that the priorities for the organization in 2019 would be: preparing for the next pandemic; moving to protect vulnerable populations like women, children, displaced persons and disabled persons; and preparing for climate-related issues. Activities and history Founding Abdullah Alkhamesi was the founder of the Yemen Red Crescent Society. He stayed on as general secretary until the 2000s. He died in 2017 after being unable to access the necessary medical treatment in Yemen. Yemeni Civil War The Yemen Red Crescent Society is one of a small group of humanitarian organizations still prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Yemen is the second-largest Arabs, Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying , with a coastline stretching about . Its constitutionally stated Capital city, capital, and largest city, is Sanaa. As of 2021, Yemen has an estimated population of some 30.4 million. In ancient times, Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans, a trading state that included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Later in 275 AD, the Himyarite Kingdom was influenced by Judaism. Christianity arrived in the fourth century. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the early Islamic conquests. Several Dynasty, dynasties emerged in the 9th to 16th centuries, such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
