Current diplomatic rapprochement between Riyadh and Tehran has paved the way in which for the swap of almost 900 detainees held by rival forces in war-torn Yemen. A flight carrying Houthi insurgent prisoners of battle left Saudi Arabia sure for Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross (ICRC) has mentioned. The…
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Yemen’s warring sides start prisoner swap of almost 900 detainees: ICRC
Greater than 300 prisoners scheduled to fly between Sanaa and Aden on Friday, whereas detainees can even be launched in Marib and Mokha, in addition to in Riyadh and Abha in neighbouring Saudi Arabia. Freed Houthi prisoners stand as they wait to board an Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross (ICRC)-chartered airplane at Aden Airport,…
Warring Yemen rivals resume UN-backed talks on prisoner alternate in Geneva
Talks in Switzerland started a day after Iran and Saudi Arabia introduced a China-brokered deal to re-establish diplomatic ties after years of frayed ties and hostilities, together with in Yemen. The Detainees’ Trade Settlement in 2018 was a part of a wider UN-brokered deal that ended months of preventing in Hodeida 4 years in the…