Spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Ahmed Abu Zaid, announced the release of six Egyptians detained in Libya, where an armed group demanded paying sums of money for their release, prompting their families to appeal to the Egyptian authorities to intervene. Abu Zaid tweeted on Friday, “According to information received from our embassy in Tripoli, the six Egyptians detained in Libya have been released. We are following the safe return of the Egyptians to the homeland,” without giving details on how they were released. The Libyan who was driving the car was released, and he, in turn, contacted the family of the kidnapped in Egypt. The Egyptian embassy in Tripoli communicated with the concerned Libyan authorities to intervene in order to release the citizens.

Source: Libya Today February 18, 2023 16:30 UTC