Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been considered the number two leader in Libya before the 2011 death of his father, Muammar Gaddafi. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the longtime former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya. Gaddafi never had an official position in Libya, but was considered to be his father’s number two from 2000 until 2011, when Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyan opposition forces that ended his decades-long rule. Gaddafi was captured and imprisoned in Zintan in 2011 after attempting to flee the North African country following the opposition’s takeover of Tripoli. He was also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity committed in Libya in 2011.

Source: Libya Today February 03, 2026 19:45 UTC