The warring sides in Yemen will exchange some 1,081 prisoners on Thursday and Friday, under a deal struck last month.
Hundreds of fighters head home in Yemen prisoner exchange
A landmark prisoner exchange between the government and Huthi rebels began Thursday, with hundreds of combatants heading home on flights criss-crossing Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
U.S. citizens released by Iran-backed militia in Yemen
The Houthi rebels have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition allied with the internationally recognized government since 2015.
2 Americans freed from militant group in Yemen, returning to US
Two Americans have been freed and the remains of a third American have been released by the Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group in Yemen, as part of an exchange.
Trump administration secures release of two American hostages from Yemen
President Donald Trump has secured the release of two American hostages held captive by Houthis in Yemen, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.
Two Americans, 240 Yemen Rebel Backers Freed In Apparent Swap
Two captive Americans were freed Wednesday in Yemen as more than 200 supporters of the country’s Huthi rebels were allowed to return home, in an apparent swap involving Saudi Arabia and Oman. The …
2 US citizens released by Iran-backed militants in Yemen
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2 US citizens released by Iran-backed militants in Yemen
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Two Americans, 240 Yemen rebels freed in apparent swap
Two captive Americans were freed Wednesday in Yemen as more than 200 supporters of the country’s Huthi rebels were allowed to return home, in an apparent swap involving Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Two Americans Held Hostage by Iran-Backed Forces in Yemen Freed in Trade
U.S. and Saudi Arabian officials say Americans held by Houthi militants in Yemen were liberated as part of a U.S.-backed trade that will return more than 200 of the group’s loyalists to the fractured …