Hopefully they all arrive home in Egypt safely.
Plan to evacuate Egyptians in Libya through Tunisia - Aviation Minister
Monday, February 16, 2015 7:10 PM
Egyptian men wait to board their plane to return home, at the Gabes Matmata airport, south of Tunisia August 6, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
CAIRO, Feb 16 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt's Aviation Ministry is waiting for an assessment from the Foreign Ministry of the number of Egyptians residing in Libya to begin evacuating them, the Aviation Minister said on Monday.
Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel told Aswat Masriya that Egyptians in Libya will cross into Tunisia using buses before they get flown back home. He said there is a difficulty in evacuating them using Libyan airports, citing the "deteriorating security situation" there.
Twenty-one Coptic Egyptians were abducted in the Libyan city of Sirte on two separate occasions in December and January, only one week apart. They were beheaded in a video released late Sunday titled "a message signed with blood to the nation of the cross."
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Plan to evacuate Egyptians in Libya through Tunisia - Aviation Minister
Monday, February 16, 2015 7:10 PM
Egyptian men wait to board their plane to return home, at the Gabes Matmata airport, south of Tunisia August 6, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
CAIRO, Feb 16 (Aswat Masriya) - Egypt's Aviation Ministry is waiting for an assessment from the Foreign Ministry of the number of Egyptians residing in Libya to begin evacuating them, the Aviation Minister said on Monday.
Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel told Aswat Masriya that Egyptians in Libya will cross into Tunisia using buses before they get flown back home. He said there is a difficulty in evacuating them using Libyan airports, citing the "deteriorating security situation" there.
Twenty-one Coptic Egyptians were abducted in the Libyan city of Sirte on two separate occasions in December and January, only one week apart. They were beheaded in a video released late Sunday titled "a message signed with blood to the nation of the cross."
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Plan to evacuate Egyptians in Libya through Tunisia - Aviation Minister - News - Aswat Masriya
