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Syrian rebels and government forces exchanged prisoners late on Tuesday in one of the largest swaps between both sides recently.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey helped Russia and Ukraine reach a prisoner swap deal, which included the release of about a dozen foreign nationals.
Iran said it was ready for a prisoner swap with the US a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted about the 2,500-day 'wrongful' detention of Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi.
The US and Iran have long-been engaging in talks regarding Tehran's much-criticised nuclear deal, which have stalled despite effort to revive it.
Forty days after the Dec. 11 signing, the ICRC will have 10 days to interview those released and arrange their transfers, ICRC said.
The releases are a 'gesture of goodwill' after the repatriation to Israel last year of the remains of Zachary Baumel, an Israeli soldier missing since the 1982 war in Lebanon.
“When I left prison, I left a part of me behind, with my cell mates, and today I am reliving those moments", a former Palestinian woman prisoner said.
Jordan says won't free Sajida al-Rishawi without proof that the captured pilot is alive and well, as Amman and Tokyo worked frantically to secure the release of their citizens held by extremist IS group.
The Chibok girls were released as 'part of a prisoner swap deal' struck between Boko Haram, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Nigerian and Swiss governments.
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Mohammad Qahtan was first detained by the Houthis in 2015, and it is not known whether he is dead or alive.