SANAA, 24 January, 2021, (TON): Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday announced the arrival of its delegation in Jordan's capital Amman for UN-sponsored talks with the Yemeni government on exchange of prisoners.

The new round of talks is due to begin within days, as reported by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.

The office of UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths and Ymeni government has made no comment yet.

Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels released about 1,056 prisoners from both sides in October 2020, which was the largest UN-sponsored exchange deal between them since the outbreak of a civil war.

The conflict in Yemen broke out in late 2014, when the Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north. Months later, the Saudi-UAE-led coalition launched a military intervention in a bid to restore Hadi’s government.

The UN had verified the deaths of at least 7,700 civilians by March 2020. The war has created the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world and threatens to turn into the largest famine in decades.