Sanaa reveals large prisoner exchange deal with coalition

Head of the Prisoners’ Committee in Sanaa, Abdul Qadir Al-Mortada, revealed on Sunday a new prisoner exchange deal with the Saudi-led coalition.

Al-Mortada said on Twitter that UN-sponsored deal would target 1,400 prisoners from the army and popular committees, in exchange for 823 from the other side, of whom 16 Saudi prisoners and 3 Sudanese.

He affirmed that it included also, the Saudi-backed exiled president Hadi’s brother, Nasser Mansour Hadi, and the former minister of defense, Mahmoud Al-Subaihi.

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