Largest prisoner swap in Yemen war: Over 1,000 people exchanged between Saudi-backed Yemen government and Houthi rebels

Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthi movement have kicked-off an operation that will see over 1,000 prisoners returning home, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed.

A total of 1,081 prisoners will be exchanged, in the largest swap deal since the UN-brokered peace talks in December 2018, which later stalled. The ICRC noted the process involves ICRC-operated flights into and out of several cities in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, in line with the accords reached last month in Switzerland.

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