Saudi Arabia has freed more than a dozen Houthi detainees ahead of a wider prisoner release agreed upon by the warring sides, according to a spokesman for the Yemeni rebel group.

The UN special envoy to Yemen has said the deal is one of several developments reflecting Movement towards ending the eight-year conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, The conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The Houthi move prompted a Saudi-led coalition to intervene months later in a bid to restore the government to power.

Oman has for years hosted talks between the Iranian-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia.

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