Houthi rebels freed 153 prisoners

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday released 153 people they had detained as part of the war that has lasted more than a decade in the Arabian Peninsula country, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) announced on Saturday. They were released in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, which the Iran-backed Houthis have controlled since civil war broke out in 2014. Their release brought “relief and joy” to their families, who were “looking forward to the return of their own people,” said Christine Cipola, head of the ICRC’s Yemen delegation. Abdulkader al-Murtada, head of the Houthi committee responsible for the affairs of prisoners, informed for his part that this initiative was taken “for humanitarian reasons” and “unilaterally”. “Most of the prisoners were released for humanitarian reasons, especially the sick, injured and elderly,” he added. Their release was announced the day after the UN announced that they had been arrested […]
Source: News Beast

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