On Saturday, the Houthis announced the release of 159 members of the Yemeni government forces who had been detained since the resumption of military confrontations in the country, in a move they said came in implementation of a general amnesty decision issued last September.
The head of the Houthi Prisoners' Affairs Committee, Abdul Qadir Al-Murtada, said that those released were soldiers who surrendered themselves voluntarily without fighting during the attack that the group recently launched in western Yemen. He explained that the release came in implementation of an amnesty decision issued by the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, on September 10, and includes those who give up their weapons and surrender themselves to the Houthi forces without fighting.
For its part, the International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that the Houthis unilaterally released 159 people who were recently arrested in connection with the conflict, noting that it verified their health conditions, but did not participate in determining the identities of those released or their number.
This comes at a time when the internationally recognized Yemeni government, supported by the Saudi-led coalition, announced a general amnesty for fighters who defect from the Houthis and join the ranks of government forces. The releases coincide with the escalation of confrontations in Yemen since last July, after a period of relative calm that followed the truce in 2022.
On Saturday (October 17), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi called on Parliament to hold an emergency session to give him a mandate regarding any action that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may request to protect its security and sovereignty. Sisi said, during the graduation ceremony of new batches from the Egyptian Military Academy, that his country will implement any measure to protect Saudi Arabia, adding: I call on Parliament to hold an emergency session to authorize this move if we are asked to do so.
The security authorities in Aden reported on Friday (September 16, 2026) that two missiles fired by the Houthis landed inside the airport of the city, which the internationally-backed Yemeni government is temporarily headquartering, while the Houthi-run Saba Agency reported that they targeted a command headquarters for the Saudi forces. The security authorities in the governorate, located in southern Yemen, said that two missiles fired by the Houthi group fell inside the campus of Aden International Airport, in the second incident of its kind in less than a week. She added in a statement that preliminary information indicates that no casualties were recorded as a result of the incident.
The Minister of Information in the Yemeni government, Muammar Al-Eryani, indicated in a post on the X platform that the two missiles fell about 500 meters from a plane that was preparing to take off from Aden Airport to Cairo.
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The Ministry of Information in the Yemeni government announced today, Thursday (October 15, 2026), that Prime Minister Shaye’ al-Zindani and members of the government are fine, after the Al-Ma’ashiq Palace in the city of Aden, southern Yemen, was targeted by a number of missiles. The ministry said in a statement that the attack was carried out by the Houthi militia, and resulted in the deaths of two of the Prime Minister's companions.
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