Aden (Debriefer) - Ansar al-Sharea, the al-Qaeda offshoot in Yemen, has a set of Houthi captives, the group's media said Sunday.
Al-Malahim corporation, Qaeda media department, posted on its website a footage filming 7 Houthi captives detained by the group while appealing for their release.
The prisoners said their detention ranged from 4 months to 3 years, and that they were from Baydha, Shabwa and Hajjah governorates.
They appeared calling for their group and leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, to free them through prisoner swap deals.
Al-Qaeda is willing to exchange prisoners, one of the captives said, appealing for the Houthi group to strike a deal for the sake of his release.
Yemen has been racked by an armed conflict that broke out after the Iranian-backed Houthis ousted the internationally-recognized government in September 2014.
The conflict escalated after a Saudi-led coalition intervened militarily in the country in March 2015 to reinstate the government of President Hadi.
