American held hostage in Yemen freed: Trump

US President Donald Trump announced Monday (February 25th) that an American had been freed after being held hostage in Yemen for 18 months, AFP reported.

Danny Burch has been "recovered and reunited with his wife and children", Trump said in a social media post.

Trump did not say who had been holding Burch but he expressed appreciation for the "support of the UAE in bringing Danny home".

According to Burch's family, the Texas native, who has lived in Yemen for more than two decades, was kidnapped in Sanaa in September 2017.

A number of foreigners have been abducted in Yemen by heavily armed tribes for use as bargaining chips in local disputes, and there also have been some kidnappings by al-Qaeda.

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