Posts Tagged: Prisoner Swap
Three Europeans Return Home After Release by Iran in Prisoner Swap
Three Europeans returned home on Saturday a day after being released by Iran in a prisoner swap, and Tehran said there was no reason for...
Thousands Protest in Brussels Demanding Release of Belgian Aid Worker in Iran
Thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels on Sunday to protest against the detention in Iran of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who...
‘Deplorable’: Israel Condemns Hamas After Release of Footage of Israeli Held Captive
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday condemned the Hamas terror group after it released a video showing an Israeli civilian captive wearing an...
Yemen War Foes Complete Two-Day Prisoner Swap
Yemen's warring parties exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Friday on the second and final day of an operation to fly about 1,000 men home and...
Iran Says United States Yet to Respond About Prisoner Swap
Washington has yet to respond to Iran about a prisoner swap, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by the government's website on Sunday, reiterating that...
Hamas: Israel Is Negotiating a Prisoner Release to Aid Netanyahu Before Elections
Sources within the Gaza-based terror group Hamas told Arab media outlets on Saturday that Israel is seeking to negotiate a prisoner release deal that would...
Jordan Agrees to Prisoner Swap With ISIS That Could Free Pilot and Journalist
Fox News - Jordan has agreed to demands from ISIS that it release a female jihadist held since 2006, in a move that could free...
Fears Jewish Contractor Held in Cuba May Commit Suicide After Mother’s Death
Judy Gross, wife of Alan Gross, the Jewish U.S. government subcontractor in the fifth year of a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba, was in Havana...
Report: Israel PM Netanyahu Asks for Pollard Release Ahead of Peace Talks, US Says No
Jerusalem Post - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tried unsuccessfully to persuade American officials to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard ahead of diplomatic negotiations with the...
Israel Econ Minister Bennett: ‘I Would Not Free One Murderer For the Right to Sit with Abbas’
Jerusalem Post - Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday responded to reports that Israel is considering releasing Palestinian security prisoners as a gesture to...
Report: Syrian Rebels Trade Iranians for Prisoners
Reuters - Syrian rebel groups have freed 48 Iranians captured over recent months in the country in exchange for prisoners held by Syrian security services,...
