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Hundreds of Houthi prisoners, 16 Saudis freed on day two of swap

An exchange of nearly 900 prisoners from Yemen's civil war started on April 14, the biggest swap since 2020 [Saleh al-Obeidi/AFP]

Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthi rebels have freed hundreds of prisoners of war as part of a multi-day exchange amid concerted efforts to end Yemen’s eight-year-old war, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Saturday’s first flight left the southern Saudi city of Abha for Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa with 120 Houthi rebel prisoners, ICRC public affairs and media adviser Jessica Moussan said.

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