A British prisoner has been liberated in Yemen taking after an operation by United Arab Emirates forces, the Foreign Office in London reported Sunday. 

"I'm satisfied to affirm that a British prisoner held in Yemen has been separated by UAE forces in a intelligence operation ," Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in an announcement reported by Agence France-Presse. "The British national is protected and well".

Emirati state news organization WAM said on Sunday that the prisoner, who disappeared in Feb. 2014, was taken to Abu  Dhabi on a military plane on Saturday night. 

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan addresses British Prime Minister David Cameron to let him know about the discharge on Saturday, WAM included

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