Yemen Houthis to free two US citizens, one Briton: Houthi source

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Yemen Houthis to free two US citizens, one Briton: Houthi source
Houthis chant slogans during a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen. AP photo

Sanaa - The source said the Westerners would be freed in Muscat but gave no details.

By Reuters

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Published: Sun 20 Sep 2015, 6:01 PM

Last updated: Sun 20 Sep 2015, 8:06 PM

Yemen's Houthi group plans to free three Westerners held in the capital Sanaa for months, a source in the group said on Sunday.
The source said two US citizens and a Briton of Yemeni origin had accompanied a delegation heading to Muscat for talks with UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on efforts to end more than six months of fighting in the country.
The source said the Westerners would be freed in Muscat but gave no details.


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