Sana'a (Debriefer) Forty detainees have been released despite their fighting beside government troops, the Houthi group said on Saturday, as part of a pardon given by Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the group's leader.
"Today in Sana'a, 40 of those joined [fighting with] mercenaries were released," the Sana'a-based Saba said.
"The released had been captured at a number of checkpoints in different areas and governorates," the Houthi-run news agency added.
The release comes to interpret instructions by Abdul Malik al-Houthi and head of the group's Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, Saba quoted the director of Houthi military intelligence as saying.
These released people were the "victim of deception and false propaganda" by the Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government, Ali Mohamed Abu Holaiqa added.
The Houthi group is repeatedly accused by rights groups of detaining opponents in many provinces, some of them have spent years in Houthi jails.
