Red Cross to repatriate 128 Yemen rebels from Saudi Arabia

Sanaa, Nov 28 (AFP/APP): The Red Cross in Sanaa said on Thursday it would repatriate from Saudi Arabia 128 Yemeni rebels, two days after a Saudi-led military coalition announced it would release 200 prisoners. Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in the Yemen war in March 2015 to back the internationally recognised government, shortly after the Huthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa. On Tuesday, the coalition said it had decided “to release 200 prisoners of the Huthi militia” and would also allow patients needing medical care to be flown out of Sanaa airport, which has been closed to commercial flights … Continue reading Red Cross to repatriate 128 Yemen rebels from Saudi Arabia