SAN'A, Yemen, Sept 25, SPA -- The four French tourists kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen have been freed, the Yemeni official news agency reported Monday. The SABA news agency did not provide additional details on the release of the four men, captured more than two weeks ago in Shabwa province, southeast of the capital San'a. Awad Ibnawazeer, a lawmaker mediating to secure thehostages' freedom, told earlier they had been released intohis care, but did not provide additional details. Almulla Zabara, a leader in the Al-Abdullah tribe thatseized the four men and their Yemeni translator a week ago,told The Associated Press that the hostages were placed ina car headed for San'a at 1:15 p.m. local time (1000 GMT). He did not say from where they embarked on the journey. In return for freeing the prisoners, Zabara said that fiveof his tribesmen, now held at a military camp in Abdyan,where the family has been prevented from visiting them,will be moved to a jail in the capital in about four days. He added that hopefully following Ramadan, which ends inlate October, the five will be freed.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/392256