Yemen’s warring sides to begin swap of over 1,000 prisoners

The warring sides in Yemen’s long conflict will exchange some 1,081 prisoners Thursday and Friday, under a deal struck in Switzerland last month, a senior rebel official said Thursday. “The transaction will be executed, with God’s help, on the scheduled dates today and tomorrow,” Abdel Kader Mortaza, the rebel official in charge of prisoner affairs, said in a tweet. “The preparations have been completed by all parties,” he added. Yemen’s…