Gaddafi’s son hints at presidential run
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200km 125 miles

LIBYA
Libyan National Army
Tribesmen, militias
Mediterranean Sea
ALGERIA
EGYPT
TUNISIA
Tripoli
Misrata
Zintan
Controlled by interim unity government
Sirte Sidra
Derna
Tobruk
Benghazi
Oil and gas fields

Mar 15, 2021: Interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (below) sworn in to lead Libya until elections in December
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Feb 2011: NATO-backed uprising to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (above) joins father’s brutal crackdown
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Jun: Arrest warrant issued by International Criminal Court for Saif al-Islam for crimes against humanity in suppressing revolt
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Oct 20: Muammar Gaddafi is captured and summarily executed during Battle of Sirte
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Nov 19: Saif al-Islam detained by Abu Bakr al-Sideeq militia, held hostage in Zintan
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Apr 2014-Jul 2015: Saif al-Islam appears via video link from Zintan at trial in Tripoli. Trial ends in absentia with death sentence
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Apr 2016: Libya passes amnesty law – death sentence quashed
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Jun 2017: Saif al-Islam released by militia in Zintan
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Oct 2020: Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and opposition forces led by General Khalifa Haftar sign UN-brokered ceasefire
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Dec 24, 2021: Saif al-Islam could run in presidential election
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Sources: Alwaght News, Emirates Policy Center
Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS