ANKARA
Nine Turkish abductees, who were liberated on Friday in Libya, will arrive in Istanbul on Saturday, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
"Nine Turkish citizens abducted in Libya on Oct. 31 are released and are about to arrive in Istanbul. They will land in Istanbul at around 8 p.m.," Cavusoglu announced in a statement made on his Twitter acccount.
On Friday, forces loyal to former Libyan army chief Khalifa Haftar announced that they had handed nine Turkish nationals who had been held for two weeks in the eastern city of Benghazi to the government of Abdullah al-Thinni.
The nine Turks are reportedly in good health.
Libya has been torn by civil war since the 2011 ouster and death of Muammar Gaddafi, with several militias who helped overthrow the strongman refusing to lay down their arms.
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