Paris: A Frenchman held captive in war-torn Yemen for over four months after his boat ran into trouble near the port of Hodeida has been released, the French presidency announced Tuesday.
Alain Goma, 54, dropped anchor in Hodeida on June 3 after running out of water while sailing to India.
Hodeida is under the control of Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who took him prisoner.
It is not clear whether they made any demands of France in return for the release of Goma, who is in his fifties.
In a statement President Emmanuel Macron thanked authorities in Oman and Saudi Arabia for helping obtain his release.
He described Oman's role as "decisive" but said Saudi Arabia had also provided "assistance."
Goma was flown to neighbouring Oman, his sister Christine Goma told AFP without being able to say when he would return to France.
"The important thing is that we know he is safe," she said.
In 2015 Saudi Arabia and its allies joined the Yemen government's fight against the Houthi rebels.