Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, Hisham Al Naqib announced Tuesday that 15 Egyptian workers, who were believed to be held captive by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya, are in fact in detained by local authorities in Tripoli. Al Naqib pointed out that the Egyptian consulate in Libya is monitoring and following the situation of the Egyptians held by the local authorities, carefully, Youm7 News reported. He confirmed that there is constant communication and coordination between the Egyptian and Libyan sides in order to work on releasing the detained Egyptians.