Yemeni prisoners, said to belong the Saudi-backed government forces, react following their release by the Huthi rebels from the central prison in the capital Sanaa before being handed over to their families on September 30, 2019. - Yemen's Huthi rebels have freed 290 prisoners, including dozens of survivors from a Saudi-led coalition strike on a detention centre earlier this month, the ICRC said. The International Committee of the Red Cross hailed the move as "a positive step that will hopefully revive the

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Yemeni prisoners, said to belong the Saudi-backed government forces, react following their release by the Huthi rebels from the central prison in the capital Sanaa before being handed over to their families on September 30, 2019. - Yemen's Huthi rebels have freed 290 prisoners, including dozens of survivors from a Saudi-led coalition strike on a detention centre earlier this month, the ICRC said. The International Committee of the Red Cross hailed the move as "a positive step that will hopefully revive the

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