Qatar complains after citizen held in Yemen

ADEN – Qatar has complained about the detention of one of its citizens in Yemen, in an incident that could further exacerbate Doha's diplomatic rift with its Gulf neighbors.

Qatar's state-linked National Human Rights Committee condemned what it said was the April 21 detention of Mohsen Saleh Saadoun Al-Karbi by a Saudi-led coalition that is fighting in Yemen against the Houthi movement that controls the capital.

It said the man was in Yemen visiting relatives there, and was being held without charge by the Saudi-led coalition.

Yemeni security sources said Yemen's own forces arrested the Qatari man on the border with Oman late last month, on suspicion he was an intelligence officer working with the Houthis.