Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has denied reports that it was the group holding British oil worker Douglas Robert Semple, who authorities in Abu Dhabi and London on 23 August said had been rescued by UAE forces in a military operation in Yemen. UAE state news agency WAM said 64-year-old Semple was rescued after being kidnapped 18 months earlier while working in Hadhramaut province, south-eastern Yemen.
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