Fifteen Yemeni fishermen have been released after being held by Eritrean authorities for three months.
According to sea-news.az citing the Al-Hadath TV channel, that the fishermen have arrived in the town of Al-Khukhah in the Al-Hudaydah Governorate, western Yemen.
According to the released fishermen, they were detained while fishing in international and Yemeni territorial waters. Rejecting Eritrea’s allegations of illegal entry into the country’s territorial waters, they stated that their boats and fishing equipment worth thousands of dollars had been confiscated.
It is noted that this is not the first incident involving the detention of Yemeni fishermen by Eritrean forces.
