Visiting war-torn Yemen, Turkish Red Crescent President Dr. Kerem Kınık pledged to deliver more aid to the country.Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) during his visit to Aden, he announced that Turkey would deliver emergency medicine and food aid to all the cities in the country affected by the ongoing conflict.Kınık and a delegation of the Red Crescent were visiting the country to assess the humanitarian needs of the population. He said they plan to work "on other humanitarian projects" as well to address the need of the Yemeni population.The Red Crescent president met with Abdunnasser al-Wali, head of the local health authority in Aden. Al-Wali said the hospitals in particular were in need of aid. "We have almost no functioning medical laboratories here and we have significant shortcomings in dialysis services [for patients with kidney diseases]. We expect aid from our brothers in the Turkish Red Crescent," al-Wali told AA.Last year, Turkey sent more than 5,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Yemen, consisting mostly food and medical supplies collected thanks to a nationwide aid campaign coordinated by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority of Turkey (AFAD).Yemen has remained in turmoil since 2014 when the Houthi rebels overran capital Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country.On March 25, 2015, Saudi Arabia and its Sunni Arab allies began an extensive military campaign targeting Shiite Houthi positions across Yemen.Riyadh says its anti-Houthi campaign comes in response to appeals from the embattled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi for military intervention against the Shiite group. The Houthis, however, denounced the offensive as unwarranted "Saudi-American aggression" against Yemen.Turkey supports Saudi Arabia's intervention in Yemen, though only verbally, and is urging for a political solution to end the conflict.United Nations officials recently warned that the escalating conflict in Yemen has left two-thirds of the population in need of humanitarian aid, and the country could face a famine this year unless immediate action is taken.U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed told the United Nations Security Council that the "dangerous" upsurge in airstrikes and fighting is having "tragic consequences for the Yemeni people," with 18.2 million in need of emergency food. Ahmed has been trying to get both sides to agree to a cessation of hostilities and a peace plan which could end the war. The plan reportedly calls for a national unity government.