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SANAA, June 7 (Xinhua) — Yemen’s Houthi group said on Friday it was ready to swap all prisoners with the country’s government, a major offer made by the rebels since the civil war began in late 2014.
The Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported, citing a statement from the head of the Houthi committee for prisoners’ affairs, Abdel Qader al-Murtada, that the group was ready to carry out “a full exchange process that includes all prisoners from all sides.”
A.K. al-Murtada called on the Saudi government to put pressure on the Yemeni government to “respond to the initiative without preconditions.”
Yemen’s internationally recognized government has yet to comment on the rebels’ proposal.
In 2023, the Yemeni government and the Houthi group carried out a major UN-brokered prisoner exchange, exchanging about 900 people. Another major exchange took place in 2020, when both sides released about 1,000 prisoners and detainees.
Yemen has been mired in civil war since late 2014, when rebels seized control of much of northern Yemen, ousting the Yemeni government from the capital Sanaa.
Since April 2022, clashes between the Houthis and government forces have decreased following a UN-brokered ceasefire. –0–