Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste left Egypt on Sunday on a flight to Cyprus after being released from prison, following an apparent approval of the Australian journalist’s deportation from the country’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, officials said.
A Cairo airport official said Mr. Greste is on an EgyptAir flight to Larnaca, Cyprus that took off shortly after 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Sunday.
Earlier, an Egyptian prison official and the nation’s official news agency said Mr. Greste was released after more than a year behind bars following a presidential “approval.”
Mr. Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Mohammed Baher were sentenced to at least seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges in 2014. There was no immediate word on the other two journalists.
