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After Americans freed, Yemen sides swap prisoners

by Ahmed Al-HajNoha Elhennawy
| October 15, 2020 6:30 AM

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's warring sides on Thursday kicked off a long-awaited prisoner exchange, a day after the country's Iran-backed rebels freed two Americans and released the remains of a third who had died in captivity.

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