The United Arab Emirates has expressed its gratitude for the Sultanate of Oman’s successful mediation efforts, leading to the release of 25 crew members from the Galaxy Leader ship. The ship had been detained off the coast of Yemen for over a year,

The two Mexicans had been held for over a year after Houthis rebels hijacked their commercial ship, the Galaxy Leader, in Yemen.

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