US EditionYemen’s sides agree to release 2,900 detainees in war’s largest exchange
The largest prisoner swap will release about 2,900 detainees, including 30 foreign nationals, as a humanitarian effort to ease suffering and maintain dialogue, UN officials said.
- In Muscat, Yemen's internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi group agreed to free around 2,700 detainees, in cooperation with Saudi leaders, according to the AP.
- The 10th round of talks under the 2018 Stockholm Agreement pushed parties toward the detainee swap after a 12-day meeting in Oman, with the ICRC previously mediating releases of over 800 prisoners in 2023 and more than 1,000 detainees in October 2020.
- Abdelkader al-Murtada and Mohamed Abdusalam said the pact includes Yemenis, seven Saudi and 23 Sudanese nationals, and Christine Cipolla said it's ready for release and repatriation.
- Saudi Ambassador Mohamed AlJabir said the pact was signed under UN special envoy's office and ICRC supervision, enabling detainees to return home; Hans Grundberg called it a `positive and meaningful step` to ease suffering.
- The exchange is the largest since the war began in 2014, carrying major humanitarian significance in a conflict that has killed more than 150,000 people and created a dire crisis.
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Iran welcomes deal between Yemen’s sides to swap nearly 3,000 prisoners
The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed an agreement reached between Yemeni parties on a prisoner exchange, describing the step as an important humanitarian step.
Yemen's parties to exchange prisoners
Yemen's Houthi rebels and its internationally recognised government agreed Tuesday to a prisoner swap involving nearly 3,000 people, including seven Saudis — making it the largest such exchange in 11 years of war should it succeed. The breakthrough deal came after nearly a fortnight of discussions between officials from both sides in Muscat, the capital of neighbouring Oman, a key mediator in Yemen's long-running conflict. Officials gave few det…
In Yemen, the government and the Huthis rebels announced on Tuesday 23 December that they had reached an agreement on an exchange of nearly 3,000 prisoners. If this exchange takes place, it will be the most important since the beginning of the war in Yemen in 2014.
In Yemen, the government and the Huthi militia have agreed on the exchange of thousands of prisoners.
Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far
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.
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