DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi-led navy coalition on Monday began liberating 104 extra prisoners captured in Yemen’s warfare, a unilateral launch that adopted an organized prisoner swap amid renewed diplomatic efforts to halt the battle.
The Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross mentioned it flew 48 detainees from Saudi Arabia’s Abha Worldwide Airport heading to Sanaa, Yemen’s capital that has been held for years by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Extra flights with prisoners have been deliberate for afterward Monday.
A U.N.-brokered deal noticed the discharge of over 700 detained Houthis, and greater than 180 different prisoners, together with Saudi and Sudanese troops preventing with the Saudi-led coalition. That three-day operation was overseen by the Crimson Cross and ended on Sunday.
The prisoner releases come because the Houthis and Saudi Arabia say they’ve made progress in negotiations to revive an expired cease-fire and embark on talks to settle the battle.
The Houthis say either side will proceed their talks after Eid al-Fitr, the vacation later this week that marks the tip of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan.