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Yemen’s Huthi rebels free 290 prisoners: ICRC
SANAA, Sept 30, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Yemen’s Huthi rebels have freed 290
prisoners, including dozens of survivors from a Saudi-led strike on a
detention centre earlier this month, the ICRC said on Monday.
The International Committee of the Red Cross hailed the move as “a positive
step that will hopefully revive the release, transfer and repatriation of
conflict-related detainees” under a deal struck last year between the rebels
and Yemen’s government.
The Huthis recently announced the capture of hundreds of Yemeni loyalist
forces in an August offensive near the Saudi border, but they were not among
those released on Monday.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1700 hrs