Yemeni Rebels and Government Swap Prisoners in Historic Exchange.

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Yemeni Rebels and Government Swap Prisoners in Historic Exchange.
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Yemeni rebels and government forces have completed a three-day exchange of over 800 detainees, including a woman accused of organising explosions. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the operation "concluded successfully" and brought the number of prisoners freed to 869 under a deal agreed to in Switzerland last month. The exchange is a confidence-building measure coinciding with an intense diplomatic push to end the war as it nears its nine-year mark. The UN considers Yemen's conflict a humanitarian disaster that has pushed the country to the brink of famine.

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