PARIS (Reuters) ? Three French aid workers held hostage in Yemen since May 28 have been freed, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
The three hostages, two women and a man, worked for French charity Triangle Generation Humanitaire and had been kidnapped at a restaurant in the southeastern province of Hadramout.
The Arabian Peninsula country has been in the grip of civil unrest for months and Hadramout is among provinces where al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing has been active.
"The president warmly thanks the Sultan of Oman and the Omanese authorities for their crucial help, as well as all those who contributed to this happy resolution," the president's office said in a statement.
The statement, which said Sarkozy "shared the joy" of the aid workers' families, did not say how their release had been secured.
Kidnappings of Western tourists or workers by tribes seeking ransom or concessions from the government have been frequent in Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries. Most hostages have been freed unharmed.
(Reporting By Christian Plumb and Gregory Schwartz; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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