Kuwait is to send 0 million in humanitarian aid to conflict-hit neighbours Iraq and Yemen, the foreign ministry an**unced Wednesday. The oil-rich Gulf state will send $200 million to Iraq and $100 million to Yemen "amidst a humanitarian crisis in the region", said the ministry's international organisations head Jassem al-Mubaraki, quoted by state news agency KUNA. Fierce battles have been raging in Iraq between Islamic State jihadists and the army backed by Shiite militia.