Prisoner swap
Russia, Ukraine confirm exchange of 160 prisoners of war
Official Russian and Ukrainian sources have confirmed an exchange of 160 prisoners of war each on Friday.
Russia says US hasn't followed through on Trump-Putin 'understandings' as war grinds on
Yemen government, Houthis to release more than 1,600 prisoners in conflict's largest swap
Hamas terrorist freed in hostage deal hosted in Canada, US orgs' webinar
Israel should not agree to 'outrageous' Hamas prisoner swap
Israel should offer only humanitarian aid a part of any deal. Vaccines save lives, while freeing terrorists endangers lives.
Israel said to have offered concessions to Hamas on prisoner swap deal
An unnamed senior Hamas official said, “the ball is now back in the Israeli court.”
Israel-Hamas prisoner swap proposal outrageous, Defense c’tee chair says
In 2011, Israel released 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, about a third of whom were serving life sentences for terrorist attacks on Israelis, in exchange for captive soldier Gilad Schalit.
Has COVID created an opportunity to negotiate prisoner swaps with Hamas?
Palestinian officials reportedly told Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar that Israel has made an offer to Hamas via the Egyptian intelligence delegation that visited the Gaza Strip earlier this week.
Will a prisoner swap with Australia encourage more hostage-taking by Iran?
"If other people have been released in other places, they are the decisions of the sovereign governments. There are no people who have been held in Australia who have been released."
Yemen's warring parties agree to largest prisoner swap
The Sweden deal contained a prisoner swap which aimed for the release of some 15,000 detainees split between both sides but has been slowly and only partially implemented.
Iran Foreign Minister says Tehran ready to exchange all prisoners with US
Relations between Tehran and Washington have deteriorated sharply since 2018 when U.S. President Donald Trump exited Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran.
Egypt resumes effort to achieve prisoner exchange agreement
The delegation left the Gaza Strip on Friday after holding talks with several Hamas officials.
Ex-US marine jailed by Russia on spying charges hopes for prisoner swap
Russia says Whelan, 50, was caught with a computer flash drive containing classified information.
Iranian-American freed in prisoner swap with US arrives in Iran
An Iranian-American doctor has returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday.
