American Hostage In Yemen

Two Americans, three Saudis and a Briton were in Oman on Monday after being released from months of detention by Yemeni rebels as they joined new talks with the UN peace envoy.

Shiite rebels in Yemen released two Americans, two Saudis and a Briton on Sunday after detaining them for around six months, Yemeni and US officials said.

Al Qaeda has blamed US President Barack Obama for the deaths of a US journalist and a South African during a failed hostage rescue attempt, warning "the lives of all Americans are in danger".

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, US-led raid to free them from al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in Yemen, a turbulent Arab country that is a centerpiece of US counterterrorism efforts in the region.

President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he authorized the attempt to rescue American Luke Somers in Yemen because the US had information that the American photojournalist's life was in imminent danger.

Drone strikes killed nine suspected Al-Qaeda militants today in southeast Yemen, where the US military launched a failed operation last month to rescue an American hostage, security and tribal sources said.

US and Yemeni forces recently tried to rescue an American journalist being held by Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen but he and some other hostages were not there when the team arrived, the Pentagon said Thursday, confirming media reports about the operation.

The United States on Thursday disclosed a failed attempt last month to rescue a U.S. citizen held hostage by al Qaeda's Yemen branch, saying he was not present at the targeted location but that other hostages were freed.

Al Qaeda in Yemen has threatened to execute a US hostage who called for help in a video released by the jihadist group, SITE Intelligence reported today.

Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.

Two Americans, three Saudis and a Briton were in Oman on Monday after being released from months of detention by Yemeni rebels as they joined new talks with the UN peace envoy.

Shiite rebels in Yemen released two Americans, two Saudis and a Briton on Sunday after detaining them for around six months, Yemeni and US officials said.

Al Qaeda has blamed US President Barack Obama for the deaths of a US journalist and a South African during a failed hostage rescue attempt, warning "the lives of all Americans are in danger".

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, US-led raid to free them from al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in Yemen, a turbulent Arab country that is a centerpiece of US counterterrorism efforts in the region.

President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he authorized the attempt to rescue American Luke Somers in Yemen because the US had information that the American photojournalist's life was in imminent danger.

Drone strikes killed nine suspected Al-Qaeda militants today in southeast Yemen, where the US military launched a failed operation last month to rescue an American hostage, security and tribal sources said.

US and Yemeni forces recently tried to rescue an American journalist being held by Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen but he and some other hostages were not there when the team arrived, the Pentagon said Thursday, confirming media reports about the operation.

The United States on Thursday disclosed a failed attempt last month to rescue a U.S. citizen held hostage by al Qaeda's Yemen branch, saying he was not present at the targeted location but that other hostages were freed.

Al Qaeda in Yemen has threatened to execute a US hostage who called for help in a video released by the jihadist group, SITE Intelligence reported today.

Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.