Prisoner swap

Freed 'Washington Post' reporter Evan Gershkovich recounts FSB plot behind Russia arrest

US reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in 2023 and now believes he was a victim of an elaborate sting operation by Russia's federal security service.

FILE PHOTO: One year since Gershkovich's arrest, a billboard seen in Times Square, New York City
Limor Son Har-Melech with husband Shuli Har-Melech.

Hamas terrorist behind 2003 murder of Shalom Har-Melech killed in IDF strike in Gaza

Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) smoke cigarettes after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine August 19, 2026.

Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each

The Beth Elamen Jewish cemetery at Damascus Road in the Achrafieh quarter of the Lebanese capital Beirut, taken 2021

Israel seeks return of Jewish remains buried in Lebanon as part of prisoner talks - report


Yemen's warring parties agree to largest prisoner swap

The Sweden deal contained a prisoner swap which aimed for the release of some 15,000 detainees split between both sides but has been slowly and only partially implemented.

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020

Iran Foreign Minister says Tehran ready to exchange all prisoners with US

Relations between Tehran and Washington have deteriorated sharply since 2018 when U.S. President Donald Trump exited Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan Rouhani (right) and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Who wanted to pay the price of moral action to truly stop Iran?

Egypt resumes effort to achieve prisoner exchange agreement

The delegation left the Gaza Strip on Friday after holding talks with several Hamas officials.

Palestinian Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City February 28, 2019

Ex-US marine jailed by Russia on spying charges hopes for prisoner swap

Russia says Whelan, 50, was caught with a computer flash drive containing classified information.

Former US Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, is escorted inside a court building in Moscow

Iranian-American freed in prisoner swap with US arrives in Iran

An Iranian-American doctor has returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported on Monday.

AN IRANIAN FLAG flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna last year

US says door remains open for diplomacy with Iran

The US official reiterated an appeal for Iran to release American citizens Baquer Namazi, his son Siamak Namazi and conservationist Morad Tahbaz.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation declaring his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement after signing it in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington

Iranian professor jailed in US returns home - report

Tehran and Washington have denied reports that his release was part of a prisoner swap.

A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

Hamas demanding release of Barghouti and Sa’adat in prisoner swap

Maher Obeid, member of the Hamas 'political bureau,' said that any prisoner swap must include 'all the symbols, from Marwan Barghouti to Ahmad Sa’adat.'

Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti would win elections for Palestinian president according to a poll held in early summer by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion.

Swiss diplomat joins Germany, Egypt on Hamas-Israel prisoner swap talks

'It seems that there is now a real possibility for a deal between Hamas and Israel for the release of all the prisoners of war and those missing in action'

Israelis Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed being held by Hamas in Gaza

Hamas: Egypt, Russia working to reach prisoner swap

A Hamas official was quoted by Hamas-affiliated websites as saying that “there is no qualitative progress in the negotiations conducted with the occupation through mediators.”

HAMAS MEMBERS in Gaza.