BENGHAZI, Libya — Benghazi remains seared in American minds due to the murder of U.S. Khalifa Haftar may be the symbol of the fight against the Islamic State, but his son Saddam increasingly represents the substance of the new government. Family is everything in Arab society, but Libyans disowned sons captured by the Ansar al Sharia or Islamic State ideology. The Islamic State group detonated the courthouse, which, for Libya, symbolized hope. The State Department fell in line, repeatedly trying to undermine first Khalifa, then Saddam Haftar, with demands for unity under Tripoli’s umbrella.

Source: Libya Today April 02, 2026 18:04 UTC