Questions Surround Timing and Details of Trump’s Recent Yemen Prisoner Exchange

Like many aspects of the war in Yemen, and of US elections, many questions surround the freeing of two Americans in what may be one of the largest prisoner exchanges in modern history.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
US Yemen Prisoner Exchange Feature photo

SANA’A, YEMEN -- “Lak Al Hamd Ya Allah.” These words, which translate roughly from Arabic into “All thanks be to God,” were the first uttered by a 60-year-old Yemeni mother upon seeing her son for the first time in five years. The tearful reunion took place in Yemen’s Sana’a International Airport on Wednesday after the young man was released from

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Could a New Palestinian-Israeli Prisoner Exchange Be in the Works?

Various signs indicate that a prisoner exchange between Israel and Palestinian groups is drawing near. The question is, will Netanyahu unleash his winning political card now, or will he wait till later, when he needs it most? 

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel prisoner exchange Feature Photo

For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the release of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers believed to be held by resistance groups in Gaza. But will another prisoner exchange similar to that of October 2011

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Houthis to Demand Body of Slain Journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Part of Saudi Prisoner Exchange

”If [slain journalist Jamal] Khashoggi’s sons ask or if they want us to demand their father’s body [as part of the Saudi-Yemeni prisoner swap] then we will do it.” — Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, President of Ansar Allah’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Saudi Arabia | Khashoggi

SANAA, YEMEN --  A high-ranking Houthi official told MintPress that the group will demand Saudi Arabia return the body of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to his family as part of a mass prisoner exchange with the Saudi-led coalition. The official added that the demand will be made if Khashoggi's sons request that it be part of the

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We Deserted Bowe Bergdahl; He Didn’t Desert Us

Compared to why he and others in the U.S. military were in Afghanistan to begin with, arguing whether Bergdahl is a deserter is beside the point.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Bowe Bergdahl

If you didn’t think that things could get any lower in American politics, then the events of the last week were surely a shocking reminder that no matter how rancorous our discourse, things can always get worse. That’s because a simple prisoner exchange has suddenly, out of nowhere, become a fresh source of outrage for those on the partisan

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What Has Been Lost In The Conversation About Bowe Bergdahl

Why were Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia competing to host an office for the Afghan Taliban? And what was Pakistan’s role in Bergdahl’s release?

Zofeen Ebrahim
By Zofeen Ebrahim
Bowe Bergdahl

KARACHI, Pakistan --- The release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. Army soldier held by a Taliban-aligned group in Afghanistan for five years, has met with a growing chorus of criticism. His controversial release also came at a price, as the Obama administration had to swap five senior Afghan Taliban leaders who had been detained at Guantanamo

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