18 Yemeni soldiers freed in prisoner swap deal

18 Yemeni soldiers freed in prisoner swap deal

The head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, Abdul Qadir al-Murtadha, has revealed on Sunday  that 18 Yemeni prisoners have been freed in a prisoner exchange won through local mediation in Ma’rib.

Al-Murtadha confirmed, in a tweet on Twitter, that 18 captives of the army and the popular committees were freed in an exchange deal on the Ma’rib front through a local mediator.