Instead of 16,000 Captives, ICRC has Verified 2,000 Names

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President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer on Saturday said the lists of prisoners provided by both parties to Yemen war included some 16,000 names, but the committee has only verified 2,000 names.

In a statement to Al-Jazeera Channel on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum “Davos 2019”, Maurer announced that the Committee has completed its logistical preparations for the exchange of detainees in Yemen between Sanaa authorities and the exiled Hadi’s government appointed by Riyadh. He added that the Committee obtained obligations to investigate the fate of the missing persons from both parties.

ICRC president pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is still unstable, and that it is difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to those in need due to continued fighting in different areas.

National Committee for Captives’ Affairs said last week that it informed the Saudi side through the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Yemen that one of the Saudi captives is sick and his condition is worsening.

The committee offered the Saudi side an urgent deal for the captive in exchange for releasing a number of wounded captives and that the operation would be carried out through the United Nations.

The committee confirmed that it had informed the International Committee of the Red Cross about the prisoner’s condition and had been visited by the ICRC several times, adding “We have asked the ICRC for urgent assistance to deal with it or move to carry out an exchange, and so far there i

Saudi Arabia has lost its war on Yemen, noting that it has been militarily and morally defeated since the first day of its outbreak.

The Saudi war on Yemen has been a lost war since its first day, and moral defeat is the most painful for the coalition in front of human rights organizations, as a result of the killing of children in their school buses and other crimes against humanity