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A Welshman has been released from detention in Yemen after being held without charge or trial for five years.
Luke Symons, of Cardiff, was 25 when he was seized in 2017 by the Houthis, a rebel group fighting the Yemen government in the civil war.
He was seized as a suspected spy, a claim his family have called “ridiculous”.
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss thanked Omani and Saudi partners for their support in securing his release.
He was one of 14 people whose release Oman said it helped to secure after being held in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa. END
