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Yemeni rebels free six Saudi prisoners of war
[AlAhram] Six Saudis detained by Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's Iran's Houthi sock puppets  ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s were released and flown to Riyadh on Wednesday, officials said, as efforts to end the five-year conflict gain momentum. The release, overseen by the International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC), comes after 128 Houthis detained in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... were freed and repatriated to Sanaa in November. "We are happy to see a momentum occurring with the release of detainees that has been happening on both sides," said Freya Raddi, ICRC's deputy head of delegation in Yemen. "Today is important as six more families will be reunited. It is a special moment when this happens, and we are honoured to be part of it." The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the rebels confirmed the six "prisoners of war" had arrived at Riyadh's King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians... airbase on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported. It was unclear when and under what circumstances the Saudis were detained. The Houthi-run al-Masirah television said the rebels had handed over the prisoners to the ICRC, adding that they were waiting for the coalition to reciprocate by releasing "our prisoners". The Houthis freed by Riyadh in November had been captured in various parts of Yemen between 2015 and earlier this year. The initiatives coincide with a lull in Huthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and come after a bigwig in Riyadh recently said it had an "open channel" with the Iran-backed rebels. Riyadh and its allies intervened in the Yemen war in March 2015 to support the internationally recognised government, shortly after the Huthis seized Sanaa. Since then, tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced by Yemen's conflict, which the UN has termed the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Related: ICRC: 2019-12-14 Japanese government: $14m aid package addresses "humanitarian crisis" in NE Syria ICRC: 2019-11-23 Red Cross: Taliban Released 10 Afghan Soldiers ICRC: 2019-11-09 Nearly half million people in northeast Syria face water crisis: ICRC Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-02 |
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