沙特称释放109名也门在押人换取9名沙特人

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Shi\'ite rebels in Yemen said Monday it released 109 Yemeni detainees in exchange for nine Saudis who were being held.

A coalition statement did not give details on where or how the Saudis were detained, but said the Yemenis had been held near the Saudi border.

Shi\'ite Houthi rebels seized the Yemeni capital, Sana\'a, in September 2014, and in March of last year pushed south to the port city of Aden in an offensive that sent President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi fleeing to Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis responded by organizing the coalition to conduct airstrikes against the Houthis, and later the conflict included pro-Hadi ground troops battling the rebels and some violence along the Saudi-Yemen border.

The conflict has left more than 6,000 people dead in the poorest Arab nation.

该联盟的声明没有说明9名沙特人的拘留地点和具体情况，但表示获释的也门人一直被拘留在沙特边界附近。

什叶派胡塞反政府武装于2014年9月占据了也门首都萨那，并于去年3月发动攻势，向南推进到港口城市亚丁，也门总统哈迪被迫逃往沙特。

沙特为此组织了一个联盟，对胡塞武装发动空袭，后来支持哈迪的部队参与了对反政府武装的地面战斗，在沙特和也门的边界地带引发暴力冲突。

也门是最贫穷的阿拉伯国家，这场冲突已经造成6000多人死亡。