The country's largest humanitarian organization, the Turkish Red Crescent or Kızılay delivered meat to 1,350 needy families in worn-torn Yemen on the occasion of Qurban Bayram also known as Eid al-Adha.
The head of the Turkish Red Crescent’s branch in Yemen, Ibrahim Obaid, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the meat distribution took place in Aden and Lahij provinces.
Obaid said the distribution would continue until the third day of Eid and cover 3,000 families in the provinces of Aden, Abyan, Lahij and Dhale, including people with special needs, orphans and displaced people.
The Muslim holiday commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son at God's command, before the last-minute divine substitute of a ram. During the holiday, sacrificed meat is distributed to the needy.
Since the outbreak of fighting in Yemen, the Turkish Red Crescent has been providing humanitarian aid to the displaced, and those affected by the war, as well as helping the poorest families.
Yemen has been engulfed by violence and instability since 2014, when Iranian-aligned Huthi rebels captured much of the country, including the capital Sanaa. The situation escalated when a Saudi-led military coalition entered the war in 2015 to reverse Huthi military gains and reinstate the Yemeni government.
