UN: Yemen's warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners

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The United Nations said Yemen's warring sides agreed Sunday to exchange more than 1,000 prisoners, marking the first phase of a prisoner-release plan reached earlier this year.

The UN mission in Yemen said the internationally recognized government that was driven from the capital six years ago and the Houthi rebels agreed "to immediately release a first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and prisoners, in accordance with the lists of agreed-upon names."

The conflict in the Arab world's poorest country erupted in 2014, when the Iran-allied Houthis seized the capital and much of the country's north. A Saudi-led coalition, determined to restore President Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi's government, launched a military intervention months later. Sunday's deal came at the conclusion of a week-long meeting in Glion, Switzerland that was co-chaired by Griffiths' office and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Representatives from the Saudi-led coalition also attended, the UN said.

The Houthi officials spoke on condition of anonymity because there were not authorized to brief the media.Griffiths urged both parties to "move forward immediately with the release and to spare no effort in building upon this momentum to swiftly agree to releasing more detainees."

 

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