The Houthi group in Yemen has announced its readiness to conduct a comprehensive prisoner exchange with the internationally recognized Yemeni government. According to Reuters, Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the group’s prisoner affairs committee, stated that the proposal includes all prisoners from all sides without exception.
Al-Murtada urged Saudi Arabia to push the Yemeni government to accept the offer without conditions. The Yemeni government has not yet responded.
Major prisoner swaps involving about 2,000 inmates were previously mediated by the UN in 2020 and 2023. Yemen's war has mostly subsided after a truce mediated by the UN in April 2022, Reuters reported.
