00:00A reception ceremony for people identified by the
00:05Houthis as freed prisoners, who, according to the rebels, were set free by
00:11Fighters after taking control of areas on Yemen's western coast. According to the Associated Press,
00:18More than 200 men arrived in Sana'a after being released, according to the Houthi leader of
00:23National Committee for Prisoner Affairs, Abdelkader Al-Murtada. They all form
00:29part of those who had been previously agreed upon in the recently negotiated prisoner exchange
00:35in May with the Saudi regime and its mercenaries, Al-Murtada declared. The implementation of this
00:42The agreement was then delayed due to the intransigence of the mercenaries involved in the aggression, he added.
00:48This comes after the Iranian-backed Houthis, in the last two days,
00:53They seized the port city of Moca and an island in the Red Sea, according to officials.
01:00The rebels captured Mayun Island, located at the entrance to the Red Sea, an alternative route
01:06key to the transport of Saudi oil and other exports, given that Iran has been
01:12attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The capture of the island was confirmed by a high-ranking official.
01:17internationally recognized Yemeni government military official and Houthi official.
01:24Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to testify before
01:28the press. Approximately 12% of the world's goods are typically transported through the
01:35Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern end of the Red Sea, a particularly important route
01:41For Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, the escalating fighting threatens to put
01:47an end to a fragile truce that had largely halted Yemen's civil war since
01:512022. The fate of 40 million people in the poorest country in the Arab world is at stake.
01:58The conflict has left 150,000 dead and pushed many more to the brink of famine. The resurgence
02:04The fighting in the last week has caused the displacement of more than 46,000 people,
02:10the UN Migration Agency reported on Friday.
02:13The Houthis have been at war with the Yemeni government since 2014, when the rebels seized
02:18Much of the north and center of the country, as well as the capital, Sana'a. Saudi Arabia joined
02:24to the conflict the following year in support of the government.
02:55Thank you.
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