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Oman evacuates 3 Americans from Yemen
MUSCAT: Oman’s air force has evacuated three US citizens from war-torn Yemen to the Omani capital following a request for aid from Washington, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.Oman “coordinated with Yemeni authorities to find them (the Americans) and allow them leave” late Wednesday from the airport in Yemen’s rebel-controlled capital Sanaa, said a ministry statement carried by Oman News Agency. A security official in Sanaa said the three were held by the rebel-controlled intelligence agency “over spying accusations,” adding that they were arrested at different times, with some being in custody for at least five months. The Omani statement did not identify the Americans. It said the trio were in Muscat “before heading home,” but provided no timeline. One of two Americans detained in October by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels was announced dead in custody by US officials earlier this month. The United Nations said at the time that two foreign personnel working on maintaining a building used by UN staff were detained. Posted by: badanov 2015-11-21 |
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