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Houthis release hundreds of prisoners

Published : Sunday, 15 November, 2026 at 10:12 PM

Observer Online Report

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Yemen’s Houthi group has unilaterally released 600 prisoners detained in connection with the country’s ongoing conflict in the capital Sanaa, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed on Sunday (November 15).

The ICRC said its delegates conducted private interviews with each detainee before the release, while medical teams checked their health conditions and arranged additional assistance where necessary to ensure their safe return home.

Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, said the latest release brought the total number of detainees unilaterally freed by the group since the start of the war to 2,612.

The ICRC clarified that the release was a unilateral initiative and was not part of the 2018 Stockholm Agreement between Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthis, which focused on exchanging prisoners. The Yemeni government had not immediately commented on the latest release.

Yemen has been embroiled in civil war since the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in September 2014, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention in March 2015.

-AH

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