Yemeni prisoner exchange under way as hope for peace increases

04:09

More Videos

America’s newest media moguls: the Ellisons

BBC–Trump legal row over ‘misleading’ edit

Yemeni children schooling in tents amid war ruins

Land, trees & lives: Many faces of Israeli occupation

Two nations celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties

US-India ties on the brink of collapse

A bloody summer: the last 60 days of the Russia-Ukraine war

What’s in Columbia University’s $221M settlement with Trump?

Germany’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices

What does Israel have to gain from “protecting” Syria’s Druze?

Middle East

Yemeni prisoner exchange under way as hope for peace increases

The release and swap of nearly 900 detainees by the two sides in Yemen's conflict has begun amid peace talks between Saudi envoys and the Houthis. The first two simultaneous exchange flights landed in the government city of Aden carrying 35 people, and in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa carrying 125. Middle East analyst Elisabeth Kendall unpacks the significance of this. #Yemenprisonerswap #Saudi #Houthi