Twenty one Egyptian fishermen who were claimed "missing" Sunday were announced released by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Adel El-Beltagy, state television reported. Ministry spokesman Eid Hawwas told Daily News Egypt that the release of the fishermen, who were abducted in Misrata, was agreed upon with a Libyan party, but the fishermen are yet to walk free. The Kafr Al-Sheikh fishermen's syndicate head, Ahmed Nassar, said Sunday that communications with the fishermen who were held in custody by the Islamist Libya Dawn factions have stopped for three days. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdelatty told Daily News Egypt that the ministry has the fishermen's information, and will verify their situation after communicating with Libyan officials. Egypt launched airstrikes inside Libya on Monday in retaliation for the beheadings of 21 kidnapped Egyptian workers by "Islamic State" in Libya.
