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American Held in Yemen Released, Evacuated

by VOA News

   An American citizen being held in Yemen has been released and evacuated
   from the war-torn country to Oman.

   The Omani state news agency ONA said the unidentified man was flown to
   the sultanate aboard an Omani military aircraft, along with several
   Yemenis wounded in the war.

   Last month, Oman - a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council - helped
   free two other Americans held by Yemen's Houthi rebels. They also were
   taken to Muscat before they returned home.

   The United Nations estimates that more than 10,000 people have been
   killed since the Saudi-led coalition began military operations in Yemen
   in March last year, trying to restore ousted President Abd-Rabu Mansour
   Hadi to power.