Talks have resumed over the last few hours in Amman, Jordan, between the warring sides in Yemen for the release of a few hundred prisoners, including one of the brothers of the pro-Saudi Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi, pan Arab media reported on Monday. The reports said representatives of the Yemen's Houthi insurgents, considered close to Iran, and members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni loyalist government met Sunday to discuss the release of 300 prisoners.

Last October, the sides had concluded a prisoners' exchange of about 1,000 people in what was described as the largest exchange reported over the previous five years between the warring sides. So far, an estimated 15,000 war prisoners, detained by both sides, are waiting to return to their families under a framework agreement reached during talks in Sweden in December 2018.

International humanitarian organizations have repeatedly denounced the warring parties in Yemen, including forces of the United Arab Emirates present in the area of the southern port of Aden, for violations and for torturing prisoners of war.