File Photo: Yemen's Defence Minister Major General Mahmoud al-Subaihi attends an event in Sanaa December 6, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)
Yemen's Houthi group has freed the country's defence minister in Sanaa nearly a month after his capture, Houthi and tribal sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
General Mahmoud al-Subaihi was released after Saudi-led forces announced an end to an air campaign aimed at shoring up President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi against the Iranian-allied Houthis that had killed hundreds of people.
The U.N. Security Council had demanded Subaihi's release in a resolution earlier this month that imposed an arms embargo on Yemeni rebels.
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