TRIPOLI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday welcomed the release of two Libyan journalists arrested by the country's eastern-based army earlier this month.
"UNSMIL welcomes the release of Mohamed Alqarj and Mohamed Alshaibani, journalists from Libya Al-Ahrar TV, and their safe return to their families in Zintan," the mission said.
"The mission reiterates its calls for all others arbitrarily arrested and detained in Libya to be immediately released," it added.
The two journalists disappeared on May 3 in southern Tripoli when covering the war between the eastern-based army and the UN-backed government forces. It was confirmed later that they were in the custody of a brigade of the army in Tarhuna city, some 80 km south of Tripoli.
The army, led by Khalifa Haftar, has been leading a military campaign since early April to take over the capital from the government.
According to the World Health Organization, the fighting has so far killed 510 people and injured 2,467 others.
