AN Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent is missing and is believed to have been kidnapped while reporting in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz.

Hamdi al-Bokari, a Yemeni national, was last seen around 10pm on Monday in the middle of the war-torn central city, according to a statement by Al Jazeera Arabic.

At the time, Bokari was accompanied by two people.

Al Jazeera said in the statement yesterday that there were “indications that he had been kidnapped by unknown persons”.

In the statement, the network called for the immediate release of its correspondent and for his kidnappers “to bear full responsibility for his safety and security”.