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World
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Region
5/26/2023 3:57:27 PM
Belgium and Iran conducted a prisoner exchange Friday in Oman, with officials saying Tehran released a Belgian aid worker in exchange for an Iranian diplomat convicted of attempting to bomb a meeting of exiles in France.
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World
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Region
4/17/2023 12:38:09 PM
More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the ICRC said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/15/2023 3:17:00 PM
Egypt has lauded the start of a prisoner swap between the Yemeni government and Houthi militia under the patronage of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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World
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Region
4/15/2023 10:47:00 AM
Scores of prisoners of war, including Saudis, were freed on Saturday as part of a cross-border exchange between a Saudi-led military coalition and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
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World
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Region
4/14/2023 2:12:42 PM
Hundreds of captives from Yemen's brutal civil war were set to be reunited with friends and family as a major prisoner swap started on Friday, hours after truce talks broke up with an agreement to meet again.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/10/2023 6:46:47 PM
More than 200 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have returned home in a prisoner swap, the warring countries said Monday.
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World
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Region
4/8/2023 4:31:07 PM
The exchange of 887 prisoners in Yemen, originally scheduled from 11 to 13 April, has been postponed for three days, at the request of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said an official from the internationally recognised Yemeni government on Saturday.
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World
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Region
3/20/2023 4:02:54 PM
Yemen's Huthi rebels and the internationally recognised government have agreed at talks in Switzerland to swap more than 880 prisoners, both sides said Monday as efforts accelerate to end the war.
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World
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Region
3/12/2023 6:03:47 PM
Iran's top diplomat claimed Sunday that a prisoner swap was near with the US, though he offered no evidence to support his assertion. The US immediately dismissed his comments as a “cruel lie.”
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/4/2023 8:07:52 PM
Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap, officials on both sides said Saturday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/12/2023 4:00:03 PM
Russia and Ukraine have not reached a new prisoner exchange agreement during talks in Turkey, Moscow's envoy told AFP on Thursday, saying her earlier remarks about a swap were misinterpreted.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/11/2023 8:04:00 PM
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday agreed a new prisoner swap during rare talks in Turkiye during which they also discussed the creation of a "humanitarian corridor" in the war zone.
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World
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Region
12/26/2022 7:55:46 PM
Libya's unity government has carried out a prisoner exchange with Libyan National Army, releasing a pilot captured during LNA’s 2019 attack on Tripoli, local media reported Monday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/14/2022 9:28:01 PM
Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces.
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World
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International
12/9/2022 2:11:29 PM
American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/29/2022 5:34:47 PM
Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year's end.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/22/2022 5:43:55 PM
Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages that killed at least seven people Thursday as both sides refused to concede any ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after almost seven months of war.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
9/22/2022 3:51:43 PM
President Vladimir Putin's ally Viktor Medvedchuk and 55 servicemen were handed over to Russia in a record-high prisoner swap with Kyiv, a leader of Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine confirmed Thursday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
7/28/2022 6:22:04 PM
Moscow confirmed Thursday that it was in talks with Washington on a possible prisoner swap but said there was no concrete agreement "yet" on a deal that reportedly might include a notorious Russian gun runner.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
7/28/2022 1:04:00 PM
Russia said on Thursday that talks were underway about a possible prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington but there was no agreement "yet".
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