DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemen branch of Al Qaeda denied reports it had been holding a British hostage who the United Arab Emirates said it freed from the group earlier this week.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Tuesday, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, regarded as the most dangerous offshoot of the militant group, said: "The UAE government claims it freed a Briton whom al Qaeda had kidnapped. We affirm ...that this news is untrue".
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