JEDDAH: The second round of prisoner swap talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, which was scheduled to begin this month, has been postponed after both parties traded accusations over prison visit delays. During the first round of prisoner swap talks in Switzerland in March, the Yemeni government and the Houthis agreed to swap almost 900 prisoners during the holy
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AL-MUKALLA: Yemeni army commander Faisal Rajab was released by the Houthis on Sunday after eight years in captivity. In a ceremony attended by its leader and other senior officials in Sanaa, the Houthis released Maj. Gen. Rajab to a group of Yemeni tribal elders from Abyan, Shabwa and Al-Bayda who had traveled to the city to request his release. Abdulkader Al-Murtada, head of
Deputy Minister of Human Rights, and member of the government team in the Committee on Prisoners, Kidnapped and Forcibly Disappeared, Majed Fahayel, has said in a tweet that the Houthi militia show constant intransigence in the face of demands to free Yemeni veteran politician Mohammed Qahtan. He s
The Islah media department has called for a broad patriotic tribute to the party s member prof. Mohammed Qahtan on the eighth anniversary of his composure and self-collectedness in the jail of the Houthi militia. The media department called for a great interaction and wide participation in a social