Released detainees arrive in Muscat
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Two Americans, three Saudis and a Briton were in Oman yesterday after being released from months of detention by Yemeni rebels as they joined new talks with the UN peace envoy.
The six men were flown to Muscat with a rebel delegation attending the talks with envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who has been shuttling between the rival sides for months in a bid to end the conflict that has gripped Yemen for the past year.
The White House confirmed that two of its citizens were flown to Oman where they were met by US consular staff.
New Orleans-based Transoceanic Development identified one of the pair as an employee who had been distributing relief supplies in Yemen.
Scott Darden, 45 - who has a 10-year-old son - was to be reunited with his wife in Oman, company spokesman Ken Luce said.
Darden was detained by the Shia Houthi rebels in Sanaa in March, CNN cited a US administration official as saying. The network named the other freed American as Sam Farran.
There was no word on the identities of the freed Briton or Saudis.
The Omani foreign ministry said it had "responded to a request by the US administration to help in solving the issue of two American citizens held by Yemen security".
"The sultanate's humanitarian efforts also led to securing the release of three Saudis and a Briton who were also held by Yemeni security services," it said.
Rebel officials provided no information on why the six men had been held.
The six men were flown to Muscat with a rebel delegation attending the talks with envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who has been shuttling between the rival sides for months in a bid to end the conflict that has gripped Yemen for the past year.
The White House confirmed that two of its citizens were flown to Oman where they were met by US consular staff.
New Orleans-based Transoceanic Development identified one of the pair as an employee who had been distributing relief supplies in Yemen.
Scott Darden, 45 - who has a 10-year-old son - was to be reunited with his wife in Oman, company spokesman Ken Luce said.
Darden was detained by the Shia Houthi rebels in Sanaa in March, CNN cited a US administration official as saying. The network named the other freed American as Sam Farran.
There was no word on the identities of the freed Briton or Saudis.
The Omani foreign ministry said it had "responded to a request by the US administration to help in solving the issue of two American citizens held by Yemen security".
"The sultanate's humanitarian efforts also led to securing the release of three Saudis and a Briton who were also held by Yemeni security services," it said.
Rebel officials provided no information on why the six men had been held.
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