Two Red Cross Foreigners Kidnapped in South Yemen
22 November 2011Two foreigners kidnapped in the south region of Yemen along
with their Yememi Driver by separatists while traveling inside a Red Cross
vehicle claimed by security officials. According to an official, negotiations
are underway by military groups with the secessionist movement for the release
of these hostages. The identity of the official has kept anonymous since the
government declares that no military officials are to report to the media. The
foreigner’s destination was to the province of Lahj to the port city of Aden
where witnesses declared their kidnapping. The citizenship of one of the
hostages is a French citizen of Moroccan descent. She works for the U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees, which she helped refugees fledging countries with
fighting between al-Qaida and the government. There were no comments from the
French Foreign Ministry and the International Committee of the Red Cross
regarding any plans of rescue for the hostages.
It is believed that the situation in the south of Yemen has dramatically
worsen due to a higher presence of al-Qaida.
with their Yememi Driver by separatists while traveling inside a Red Cross
vehicle claimed by security officials. According to an official, negotiations
are underway by military groups with the secessionist movement for the release
of these hostages. The identity of the official has kept anonymous since the
government declares that no military officials are to report to the media. The
foreigner’s destination was to the province of Lahj to the port city of Aden
where witnesses declared their kidnapping. The citizenship of one of the
hostages is a French citizen of Moroccan descent. She works for the U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees, which she helped refugees fledging countries with
fighting between al-Qaida and the government. There were no comments from the
French Foreign Ministry and the International Committee of the Red Cross
regarding any plans of rescue for the hostages.
It is believed that the situation in the south of Yemen has dramatically
worsen due to a higher presence of al-Qaida.
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