Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government have reached a new agreement to carry out a large-scale prisoner exchange, marking a significant humanitarian step amid ongoing efforts to de-escalate the conflict.
Abdulqader Hasan Yahya al-Murtadha, head of the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, said on Tuesday that the deal includes the release of around 1,700 Houthi detainees in exchange for 1,200 prisoners held by the other side, among them seven Saudi nationals and 23 Sudanese.
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen, Mohamed Al-Jabir, said the agreement was signed under the supervision of the United Nations special envoy for Yemen and the International Committee of the Red…
