Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, the official spokesman for the coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen, announced the completion of a prisoner and prisoner exchange by releasing 104 Houthi prisoners held by the coalition in a humanitarian effort by Saudi Arabia.

Brigadier Al-Maliki added that the initiative is an extension of the Kingdom’s previous humanitarian initiatives regarding prisoners, in support of efforts to stabilize the ceasefire and create an environment for dialogue between Yemeni parties to reach a comprehensive and sustainable political solution. The Yemen crisis is over.

According to information published by the Saudi Press Agency, “SPA”, this initiative aims to “encourage the parties to the conflict to support the process of exchange of prisoners and prisoners, and to end this conflict in accordance with Islamic values, humanitarian principles. True Arab traditions, and the provisions of international humanitarian law, the Third Geneva Convention on Prisoners contained in the texts and provisions of the Agreement.”

And Brigadier General Al-Maliki said that with the coordination of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the command of the coalition forces completed the procedures to release 104 prisoners, who were transferred and left for Sana’a. Today is Monday.

Brigadier General Al-Maliki concluded his statement by stressing that the file to end the exchange of prisoners and detainees is of interest to the coalition’s political and military leadership.