His younger brother, Khamis, is also buried in the same cemetery after NATO bombed his convoy in October 2011. During the funeral RT was informed by an anonymous local official that Saif’s image is to be added to this pantheon. Saif’s trajectory over the last decade is a study in survival that defied every script written for him in London or Washington. In the end, the bullets in Zintan have brought Saif al-Islam’s 2011 warnings to their grim zenith. While his supporters currently lack a unified military force on the ground, their political withdrawal effectively orphans the peace process.

Source: Libya Today February 13, 2026 15:04 UTC