Five Alive
That’s truely excellent news but I’m dubious about the claims of a joint Houthi- al Qaeda operation.
SANAA — Five Germans, including three children, and a British national who have been held by kidnappers in Yemen for the past six months are still alive, a top official said on Thursday.
“We have confirmed information that they are still alive. They are five Germans and a British national,” deputy prime minister for defence and security affairs, Rashad al-Aleemi, told a press conference.
“The three possible places they could be in are (the provinces of) Maarib, Al-Jouf and Saada,” he said.
“Available information confirm that there is coordination between the (northern Shiite rebels) Huthis and the Al-Qaeda in this matter,” he said.
“It is believed that the three children, who were shown in a recent video, are alive in Maarib, while the elders are being used by the Huthis (to provide) medical treatment,” Aleemi said.
The three children had resurfaced in a new video two weeks ago but the tape featured no sign of their parents. All were kidnapped in June.
