One American kidnapped in Yemen

A Yemeni oil source reported on Wednesday that one American working for the Hunt Oil company in Yemen was kidnapped by unidentified persons in Maareb district, 180 km east of Sanaa.

This is the second kidnapping incident in Yemen since the beginning of this year. On January 17 a French man and his wife were kidnapped by a Yemeni tribe while they were on their honeymoon, and the couple was freed two days later.