Crew members of the Morning Glory are escorted by Libyan naval personnel to a port in Tripoli, March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Hani Amara
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will release the crew of a tanker that loaded oil at a rebel-held port and was stopped by the U.S. navy off Cyprus, its state prosecutor said on Monday.
Three Libyan rebel fighters who had boarded the tanker will stay in jail, Abdelqadir Rawdan told Reuters. The crew was made up of sailors from Pakistan, India, Syria, Sudan and other countries.
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