Two Egyptian diplomats and an embassy staff member abducted in Libya have been freed after Cairo released a Libyan militia leader who was arrested last week, officials in both countries said Monday. The releases took place late on Sunday, according to an Egyptian security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. Three Egyptian diplomats still held captive are also expected to be released soon, he said. The six Egyptians – five diplomats and the one embassy staff member – were seized late Friday and early Saturday in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. No one claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. The abductions came hours after Libya’s state news agency reported that Egyptian authorities had arrested Shaaban Hadiya, the commander of a militia known as Revolutionaries Operation Room. The militia claims to answer to the Libyan army but […]