adminTurkish bus driver, who works for an Aden-based tourism company, several weeks after he was abducted by armed tribesmen in Abyan province, the government official said, requesting anonymity.
Tejan Mawloud was kidnapped at a roadblock by tribal fighters on September 12, while he was travelling in a main desert area on his way from the port city of Aden to the coastal city of Mukalla.
“Prominent tribal leaders and social figures who led a successful meditation between the security authorities and the abductors received the abducted Turkish man unharmed early today,” the government official said.
“The two parts have signed a deal that could lead to the release of a detained tribesmen from the central jail in Abyan,” the source added.
Kidnapping of foreigners is common in Yemen as the impoverished Arab country has been experiencing a fragile security situation since massive anti-government protests broke out last year which eventually unseated long-time leader Ali Abdullah Saleh earlier this year.
Most of the abducted foreigners were freed unharmed.
A Saudi diplomat and a Swiss female national have been held hostage by the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) since March. The militants have demanded the Yemeni government pays a ransom and set free their jailed followers in return for the release of abducted foreigners. — Xinhua.
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