The Yemeni government has announced a prisoner swap deal with Houthi rebels. “An agreement has been reached to free 887 prisoners from both sides,” Undersecretary for Human Rights Majid Fada’el told Anadolu on Monday. He said four journalists and a number of security and military officials will be released under the deal, adding that a brother of former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and former defense minister Mahmoud Sobeih will also be freed.

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