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The Saudi-led coalition's operations in support of Yemeni legitimate government aggravate the humanitarian situation in the poorest Arabian Peninsula country, said Qatari foreign ministry spokeswoman on Wednesday.
Qatar at the beginning was a part of the coalition, on the basis that it would carry out a limited operation for few weeks, after the UNSC resolution had called for restoring of legitimacy in Yemen, Loaloa al-Khatir added at a forum in Washington.
Yemen has been racked by an armed conflict that broke out after the Iranian-backed Houthis had ousted the internationally recognized government late in 2014.
The conflict escalated after a Saudi-led coalition intervened militarily in the country in March 2015 to reinstate the government of President Hadi.
No Qatari soldier has been deployed into Yemeni territories, said Khatir. "Doha's role in Yemen is now in the form of providing humanitarian aid under the UN umbrella.
"The situation in Yemen is now aimless, and all what the coalition operations do is but aggravating the humanitarian situation, so they should stop," she argued.
The conflict has left tens of thousands killed, hundreds of thousands injured, and 3 million displaced, triggering what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with most of the population in need for a type of humanitarian aid and immediate protection, including 8.4 million people unsure how to get next meal, and some 2 million children suffering severe shortage of nutrition.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt broke off their diplomatic relations with Qatar and imposed economic blockade on Doha over charges of supporting extremist groups, but the Gulf state denies.
