The 17 Filipino seafarers recently released by the Yemeni Islamist group Houthis were set to arrive in the Philippines on Thursday night after more than a year in captivity, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.
Two Bulgarian sailors and a Romanian crew member returned home after being held for 14 months by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, receiving a warm welcome from their families and officials at Sofia airport on Thursday.
The two Mexicans had been held for over a year after Houthis rebels hijacked their commercial ship, the Galaxy Leader, in Yemen.
Yemen's Huthi rebels on Wednesday freed the crew of the merchant ship Galaxy Leader after detaining them for more than a year, citing the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas as motivation.Weeks after the war in the Gaza Strip broke out on October 7,
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman and Yemen discussed yesterday means of enhancing cooperation in the areas of agriculture, fisheries and water resources.
Muscat: Within the context of the Sultanate of Oman’s humanitarian efforts related to the conditions of crew of the Galaxy Leader vessel in
The Sultanate of Oman announced Wednesday the success of its efforts to release the crew of the 'Galaxy Leader' ship detained in Yemen, numbering 25 people of Filipino,
MANILA: The 17 Filipino seafarers recently released by the Yemeni Islamist group Houthis were set to arrive in the Philippines on Thursday night (Jan 23) after more than a year in captivity, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the vessel off the coast of Yemen, Al Masirah
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday (Thursday morning in Manila) freed the crew of the merchant ship Galaxy Leader after detaining them
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced the safe release of 17 Filipino crew members of M/V Galaxy Leader, who were held captive in Yemen for more than a year. The Filipino seafarers, along with the rest of the crew of M/V Galaxy Leader,