It is thanks to the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross and its Central Tracing Agency in Geneva that prisoners of war captured in the Yemen, are able to correspond with their families. The humanitarian aspect of this work is illustrated in innumerable messages of gratitude. A few brief examples are quoted below :

“Thanks to your message, we now know that our son Arafa is alive … may God be with you so that you may continue to succour your fellow-men.” The writer of this latter also wrote to his son who was a prisoner : “… we put our trust in God; the day of your return will be a day of celebration … be of good courage ….” Other letters of thanks are received by the ICRC which, merely by transmitting messages from soldiers, was able to alleviate the anguish of relations who were without news of them.