Yemeni youths have made an urgent appeal to the Yemeni government, the Yemeni embassy in Russia and the relevant authorities to rescue them and return them to Yemen after they fell victim to a recruitment gang in the Sultanate of Oman.

At least nine of the 16 people who made up the crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that capsized off Oman on Monday have been recovered, government and naval officials from India, which is helping in search and rescue operations, said.