Libya’s UN-backed Presidential Council has confirmed the release of three Turkish nationals after 233 days in captivity in the southwestern town of Ubari.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, for his part, said the three Turks had arrived in Turkey after being freed in a process he described as “difficult and precise”.

“They were freed in an intensive, precise and difficult process and they arrived home this morning and met with their families,” Yildirim told reporters after casting his vote in the western province of Izmir.

Source: Agencies