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Shia Houthi rebels have taken control of Yemen's third largest city Taiz and its airport, according to officials.
Sana'a (Yemen), Oct 15 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- The largest exchange of prisoners of war between the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Hutu rebels, involving the release of 1,081 people, began Thursday with the simultaneous takeoff of the first two Red Cross planes from the airports of Sana'a and Sayoun. Shortly after the departure of the first plane from Sana'a, the Yemeni capital under Hutu control, another small aircraft departed with 15 prisoners of Saudi nationality and four Sudanese.FOOTAGE OF THE PRISONER EXCHANGE.
In a rare positive gesture, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels and fighters from the so-called Southern Resistance movement, exchange hundreds of prisoners. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Militia forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government declare victory against the Houthis in Taiz, after months of tank battles and air strikes. Yiming Woo reports.
Saudi Arabia launched a military operation on Thursday night to counter the encroachment of Houthi rebel forces on Aden, the city in southern Yemen where U.S.-backed Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has taken refuge since February.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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