Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, widely regarded as the most influential of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, was killed on Tuesday night in what his allies described as a targeted assassination. According to reports, the assailants disabled the home’s CCTV system before confronting Saif al-Islam. Political legacyBorn in June 1972 in Tripoli, Saif al-Islam was the second son of Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife, Safia Farkash. That image collapsed during the 2011 uprising, when Saif al-Islam publicly defended the violent crackdown on protesters. More than a decade after Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow, Libya remains divided between competing governments, militias and political factions.

Source: Libya Today February 05, 2026 02:35 UTC