Frenchman held in Yemen released with Saudi help

PARIS: A Frenchman held captive in war-torn Yemen for over four months after his boat ran into trouble near the port of Hodeida has been released, the French presidency announced Tuesday. Alain Goma dropped anchor in Hodeida on June 3 after running out of water while sailing to India. Hodeida is under the control of Iranian-backed Huthi rebels, who took him prisoner. It is not clear whether they made any demands of France in return for the release of Goma, who is in his fifties. President Emmanuel Macron thanked authorities in Oman.