Monitoring Desk
DUBAI: Al-Qaeda on Saturday said it had swapped prisoners with Huthi rebels in Yemen, releasing two of its militants in the exchange, intelligence agency reported.
Two Huthi prisoners were traded for Al-Qaeda fighters Muwahhid al-Baydhnani and Al-Qaqa al-Bihani on February 14, Al-Qaeda was quoted as saying.
Al-Qaeda militants have flourished in the turmoil of Yemen’s civil war, which ditches the coalition government against Huthi rebels.
The United States (US) considers Al-Qaeda among the most dangerous groups of the global militants’ network.
Al-Qaeda and Huthis in Yemen
A security source in the Huthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa confirmed the prisoner exchange to AFP, but gave no further details. According to the intelligence agency, two Huthi prisoners were released as part of the swap.
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So far thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and triggered what the United Nations (UN) terms the worst humanitarian crisis of the world, with millions of people being displaced.
