RIYADH — A total of 19 prisoners — 15 Saudi citizens and four Sudanese nationals — have arrived at King Salman Airbase in Riyadh, the Arab Coalition said on Thursday in a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency.

In the statement, the coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said: “19 Prisoners of War of the Coalition Forces have arrived at King Salman Airbase this afternoon on Thursday. Fifteen of them are Saudis and 4 are Sudanese nationals

The returning Prisoners of War were received at arrival at King Salman Airbase in Riyadh by the Acting Joint Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Mutlaq Bin Salem Al-Azima, Brig. Gen. Majdi Al-Samani the military attaché to Saudan’s Embassy to the Kingdom, a number of the Joint Forces Command’s Staff, brotherly Sudanese liaison officers at the Joint Forces Command and the families of the prisoners.”

“The arrival of the Coalition forces POWs comes under the political and military leaderships’ keenness for the return of all POWs and detainees.”

“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition highly appreciates the International Committee of the Red Cross’ efforts alongside those of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, for reaching the implementation of the Prisoners and Detainees Exchange Agreement in its first phase under the (Stockholm) Agreement,” the statement added.