Oman and Saudi Arabia in expected peace talks with Houthis in Yemen

Saudi Arabia has freed more than a dozen Houthi detainees ahead of a wider prisoner release agreed upon by the warring sides, according to a spokesman for the Yemeni rebel group. The UN special envoy to Yemen has said the deal is one of several developments reflecting Movement towards ending the eight-year conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, The conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Houthi move prompted a Saudi-led coalition to intervene months later in a bid to restore the government to power. Oman has for years hosted talks between the Iranian-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish
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