YEMEN Press Agency

Big popular, official rallies held in Sanaa to receive freed prisoners of Yemeni army

SANAA, Oct. 15 (YPA) – Big popular and official rallies were held by hundreds of the Yemeni people on Thursday in the capital Sanaa to receive freed prisoners of Yemeni army who had been captured while fighting against the Saudi-led coalition forces on the battle fronts.

Activists on social media and others in human rights organizations circulated pictures showing the big reception for the prisoners organized by the Salvation Government in Sanaa, in contrast to the coalition which dealt to reception of its prisoners at Seiyun airport in a humiliating manner.

According to media sources, the release operation brokered by the UN came as a result of talks between Sanaa and the coalition in Montreux, Switzerland last month, which established upon the works of the Stockholm Agreement in late 2018.

On Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)’s four planes carrying 306 freed prisoners of the Yemeni army arrived at Sanaa airport, in order to implement the prisoner exchange deal.

Meanwhile, dozens of the coalition’s prisoners freed by the Sanaa authority have been transport by the ICRC)’s planes from Sanaa to Seiyun airport in the same day, southern of Yemen.

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