In rare admission, Yemen’s Houthis confirm they released Al-Qaeda terrorists

AL-MUKALLA: The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have admitted buying and selling Al-Qaeda prisoners for their very own captured fighters. It was a uncommon admission by the group, which has lengthy denied liberating militants.

It got here a day after Rashad Al-Alimi, the chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Management Council, accused the Houthis of releasing Al-Qaeda militants, arming them and sending them to assault Yemeni authorities troops.