Sana'a freed 600 prisoners captured while fighting alongside Saudi-backed forces, in the largest unilateral prisoner release since the US-backed Saudi war in Yemen began in 2015.

Sana'a freed 600 prisoners captured while fighting alongside Saudi-backed forces, in the largest unilateral prisoner release since the US-backed Saudi war in Yemen began in 2015.

￭ Reporting from Sana'a, Yemeni journalist and VPol contributor Osama Al-Fran examines why the Yemeni government ordered their release despite Saudi-backed military attacks.