Conflict & Security
Egyptian sailors freed from captivity arrive in Mogadishu ahead of return to Cairo
October 3, 2026 at 02:58 PM
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MAMasrawy
استقبلوهم بالورود.. وصول البحارة المصريين إلى مقديشيو تمهيدًا لسفرهم إلى القاهرة
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MAMasrawy
بعد الإفراج عنهم.. وصول البحارة المصريين إلى مقديشو تمهيدا لعودتهم للقاهرة
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SNSky News Arabia
بالصور.. البحارة المصريون يصلون إلى مقديشو تمهيدا للعودة
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يواليوم السابع
وصول البحارة المصريين مقديشيو تمهيدا لعودتهم إلى القاهرة برفقه السفير المصري
(opens the publisher’s site)Egypt's foreign ministry has announced that eight sailors held in Somalia have arrived in Mogadishu, ahead of their return to Cairo.
- Ambassador Mohamed Salah received the sailors at Mogadishu airport, after which they were moved to the embassy under heavy guard.
- The sailors will travel to Cairo alongside the ambassador, the ministry said.
- Egypt announced the release of the eight sailors on Wednesday, after the ship was hijacked off Yemen's Shabwa coast and taken toward Somali waters.
- Foreign ministry spokesman Nader Zaki said the embassy maintained contact with the sailors and their families and contacted Somali federal and Puntland officials.
- Egypt also coordinated with Yemeni authorities during the diplomatic effort to secure the sailors' release.