Yemen's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Egypt's Al-Azhar: Religious institutions should prioritize aid to the Palestinian people In response to Al-Azhar Sheikh's biased statement and the dubious support for the Saudi regime's false claim that the Yemeni armed forces attacked Mecca and Medina, the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed in Sana'a that religious institutions should prioritize aid and support for the Palestinian nation. In this statement they added: Yemen is accused of targeting Islamic holy places as part of legitimizing the Saudi regime's crimes against women and children in Yemen.