Bolstering hopes that the peace process in Yemen may continue to advance, Saudi Arabia has announced that they intend to release 200 Houthi fighters, a process to be coordinated with the WHO.
The idea is that the WHO will be taking the freed prisoners to the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, and then using a plane to evacuate people who need medical care, but can’t get it in the blockaded city.
All of this is the sort of confidence-building that should help with the largely secretive indirect peace talks that are being facilitated by Oman, and which have as a goal the end of the five year war.
With strikes on the decline in recent weeks, the UN has also expressed hope for momentum behind a peace deal. Though that can change at any moment for any reason, this too seems to be bolstering the chances a deal could be had.
200 Houthis rebels (article called them insurgents), no wait, why don’t they release at least one of their high value IRGC prisoners, I thought that Iran was occupying Yemen? #sarcasm