YOL- Editor in chief of YemenOnline YOL  Jamal Al-Awadhi told officials at the US embassy in Paris 4 weeks ago about four US  hostages hold by Houthi rebels in Al-Hodeida  , the city on the red sea west of Yemen.

Al-Awadhi had got the information from a source worked  for YOL and lives  in Al-Houdieda province  . The source said that the US hostages being held  in a hotel called Atlantic beside another Yemeni  hostages .  The hotel is protected and secured by Houthi rebels ,Al-Awadhi Said.

The Washington Post published yesterday a report mentioned that Houthi rebel group that has seized power in Yemen has taken at least four U.S. citizens prisoner, according to U.S. officials who said that efforts to secure the Americans’ release have faltered.