Armed tribesmen released a Turkish and a Syrian, who worked with a foreign investment company, a day after they kidnapped them in Abyan province in the south of Yemen, the Interior Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
The release said that local council members assigned by governor of Abyan, Ahmed Al-Maisery, succeeded in helping the release of the two foreign workers and have arrived to the home of the governor safely.
Last Friday, armed tribesmen in Abyan kidnapped the two foreign workers to press for the release of one of their fellows detained on charges of having ties with Al-Qaeda.
In a bid to pressure the government to meet their demands, tribesmen in the uncontrolled areas often resort to abducting tourists or foreign workers.