During the past 24 hours, 227 Egyptians have returned from Libya, of whom 104 have already left the country in a legitimate way and 123 left illegally, according to the official arrival and travel data. Since February 16, in which the Egyptian armed forces have targeted Islamic State's (IS) sites in Libya, in retaliation for the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya, until Friday, 35 thousand and 439 Egyptians have returned from Libya, Youm7 newspaper reported. Matrouh security director, Major General Anani Hamouda announced that there is a continued decline in the number of Egyptians returning from Libya, as the number has returned to natural rates before the crisis.
