article_snippet: Ransoms that are paid to terrorists motivates Ransoms that are paid to terrorists to conduct more kidnappings," said A Yemeni Foreign Ministry official because A Yemeni Foreign Ministry official is not authorized to talk to media .
article_snippet: Last week, a Frenchwoman working for an international organization was kidnapped, along with a Frenchwoman working for an international organization Yemeni translator, in Sanaa.
article_snippet: Kidnappings of foreigners is common in Yemen with tribes or al Qaeda-linked militants often demanding a ransom for Kidnappings of foreigners release or using Kidnappings of foreigners as a bargaining chip in Kidnappings of foreigners dealings with the Saudi government.
article_snippet: Kidnappings of foreigners is believed to have been behind most of the kidnappings since 2012.
article_snippet: Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat, Ahmed Bakht, in Yemen in 2013, and Kidnappings of foreigners whereabouts are still unknown.
article_snippet: Bakht was an Iranian national employed within the Iranian Embassy in Yemen and was kidnapped while traveling through the diplomatic quarter in Sanaa when gunmen blocked the road ahead of him and abducted him.