Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government have reached a new agreement to carry out a large-scale prisoner exchange, marking a significant humanitarian step amid ongoing efforts to de-escalate the conflict. Abdulqader Hasan Yahya al-Murtadha, head of the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, said on Tuesday that