A Saudi Arabian citizen, working with the national carrier Saudia Airlines in Beirut has been rescued by the Lebanese troops a week after he was reportedly kidnapped for ransom from the city, Lebanon's army said on Tuesday.

Quoting a statement released by the Lebanese military, Associated Press reported that Mushari al-Mutairi was released in a “special operation” along the Lebanon-Syria border, where the kidnappers held him hostage. It gave no further details.