YEMEN: Rivals agree to swap 16,000 prisoners

Yemen’s warring sides have agreed terms on a large-scale prisoner swap with more than 16,000 detainees expected to be released early next year. After a closed-door meeting at peace talks in Sweden, which concluded, Askar Zouail, a member of the government’s delegation, said his side had submitted the names of 8,576 detainees to the UN, […]

Yemen’s warring sides have agreed terms on a large-scale prisoner swap with more than 16,000 detainees expected to be released early next year.

After a closed-door meeting at peace talks in Sweden, which concluded, Askar Zouail, a member of the government’s delegation, said his side had submitted the names of 8,576 detainees to the UN, while the Houthis submitted the names of some 7,487 people. According to a document obtained by Al Jazeera, the government requested that at least 800 teachers, 359 children, 357 tribal figures, 200 Imams, and 88 women, to be released.