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Added on the 14/04/2023 09:27:29 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Yemeni Huthi rebel prisoners arrive in buses at Aden airport during a prisoner exchange with the internationally recognised-government, on their way to board a flight to the Huthi-held capital Sanaa, from the country's southern city of Aden. IMAGES
A plane transporting released Huthi prisoners takes off from Aden airport towards Sanaa as the three-day exchange of prisoners between cities in Yemen and its oil-rich neighbour, Saudi Arabia begins. Nearly 900 prisoners from Yemen's civil war will be exchanged in the biggest prisoner swap since 2020, after a delegation from Saudi Arabia, which launched a military intervention in 2015, held talks with Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels this week in an attempt to end hostilities. IMAGES
Prisoners involved in a landmark exchange arrive in Kiev to applause from relatives. The Ukrainian prisoners released included filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who said he was happy to be home. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet journalist Alsu Kurmasheva as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Kurmasheva is one of two dozen prisoners freed in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. IMAGES
US journalist Evan Gershkovich speaks with fellow journalists after being greeted by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris upon his arrival at Join Base Andrews in Maryland. IMAGES