A Kuwaiti citizen abducted on Saturday in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon north was released on Monday and taken to the army barracks in Ablah region.

A Kuwaiti citizen abducted on Saturday in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon north was released on Monday and taken to the army barracks in Ablah region.

“Prime Minister Najib Miqati has been informed by Interior Minister Marwan Charbel that the kidnapped Kuwaiti citizen Issam Nasser al-Houti has been released,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Miqati thanked the security agencies and “everyone who contributed to releasing the abducted Kuwaiti citizen, especially the (Bekaa) region’s residents.”

However, Charbel had told local media outlets that the abductee would be released on Monday, local Naharnet news website said.

Unknown gunmen on Saturday nabbed al-Houti from outside his residence in the Bekaa town of Hawsh al-Ghanam.

Shortly after his release, al-Houti telephoned Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, thanking him for “the extensive efforts he exerted to secure his release,” NNA said.

Berri for his part telephoned Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdula’l al-Qinai and informed him that al-Houti is in good health.

A press conference will be held this evening in Britel at the residence of Bassam Tleis, member of AMAL Movement’s Executive Committee, to explain the efforts exerted to free the hostage, NNA said.