Yemeni rebels release six foreign hostages to Oman

Three Americans, two Saudis and one Britain were flow by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to neighboring Oman Sudany according to a diplomat in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Their identities were not immediately revealed. DEBKAfile: This may be the first sign of a breakthrough in the Yemen war. Oman acts as broker in exchanges between the Saudis and the Iranian backers of the Houthis on an end to the conflict.