The third day of the exchange of prisoners in Yemen begins with the release of 90 detainees

16 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

A total of 90 prisoners have been released this Sunday on the third day of the great exchange operation between the Yemeni government and the Huthi insurgency in the framework of the advances for a possible ceasefire as a prelude to a peace agreement in the country. .

The International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed the arrival this Sunday in Sana’a, the capital of the country in the hands of the insurgency, of 48 freed, as well as the landing in Marib — relatively under the control of the Yemeni government — of another 42.

“We expect more landings over the next few hours,” the ICRC reported on its Twitter account in relation to this agreement that contemplates the release of a total of approximately 900 prisoners.

This exchange is the result of negotiations with the Saudi and Omani delegation that arrived in the country last weekend, which was a turning point in the bloody war that has been devastating the country for a decade.

The war in Yemen has ended up plunging what was one of the poorest countries in the world into the worst humanitarian catastrophe at present, according to the United Nations. More than 21 million Yemenis – two thirds of the population – will need humanitarian aid this year and 17 million of them will need to receive it urgently to survive.

The conflict has left almost 380,000 dead -more than 85,000 of them children-, either due to the fighting or hunger and disease, to which four million displaced people must be added, according to data considered by the agencies of the UN.