Abdullah al-Khalidi (R) smiles as he shakes hands with spokesman of Interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia Mansour Al-Turki (L) as Prince Abdul-Aziz Bin Abdullah (C), Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister, looks on, in Riyadh March 2, 2015. Abdullah al-Khalidi, a Saudi Arabian diplomat, returned to Riyadh on Monday after being released by kidnappers in Yemen where he spent three years as a hostage, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by state media. Abdullah al-Khalidi, Saudi consul in Aden, was seized in March 2012 and later appeared as a hostage in videos released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) calling on Riyadh to do more to free him. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)