The couple of provided to introduce.S. citizens are Scott Darden, 45, a staff associated with a Louisiana-based planning enterprise, and Sam Farran, 54, a safety advisor from Michigan, as per the Washington Post. “They were captured together before they could leave the country”, said Transoceanic Development spokesman Ken Luce.
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The statement followed reports that Shiite Houthi rebels had released three Westerners it held for months.

The State Department said at the time it was working to free several other Americans held in Yemen.
The people left Yemen on Sunday and arrived in neighboring Oman, where they were received by the US ambassador and another official, the statement said.

“We are deeply appreciative of all who were involved in producing this outcome, including in particular the government of Oman”, Price said in a statement. The US has provided logistical support to the Saudi-led coalition that has made progress in its battle against the Houthis.

Securing the release of the hostages was complicated by the rebels’ refusal to cooperate and violence and instability in the area, a senior administration official told NBC.

Yemen has been convulsed by political turmoil since mass protests erupted in 2011 against Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of 33 years, who later stepped down.

Also released in August was World Bank consultant Isabelle Prime, a French national who thanked Oman’s sultan for aiding her release.

Luce said Darden was held since March, had worked for the company for a little less than a year, and that his wife and son live in Dubai. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Gregory Rusovich, stated in a press release, “We can’t begin to precise the sense of joy & relief we really feel with Scott’s release. He has been safely evacuated and will be reunited with his family very soon”. “I can’t imagine what it must have been like for him to be in Sanaa for so long”.