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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
French woman kidnapped in crisis-hit Yemen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA French woman working in Yemen was kidnapped as President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi struggled to reassert his authority in the crisis-hit Arabian Peninsula nation.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said meanwhile that Iran had contributed to the collapse of the government’s authority in Yemen, where a Shiite militia has seized the capital Sanaa.
The French woman, who was working for an international organisation in Sanaa, was abducted on Tuesday morning, France’s foreign ministry said, urging all French citizens “to leave the country as fast as possible”.
Western nations including Britain, France and the United States closed their embassies in Yemen this month and urged their citizens to leave over security concerns.
— AFP
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