Gadhafi's Son's Possible Presidential Run Adds Strain to Troubled Peace Process
June 29, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011, file photo, Seif al-Islam is seen after his capture in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Zintan, a town south of the capital Tripoli, Libya. A statement by his captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, said Seif al…
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan autocrat Moammar Gadhafi, hasn’t been seen in public since his rebel captors released him from detention in 2017. But he appears now to be mulling a run for the presidency of the war-torn north African country in elections the United Nations and Western powers are pressing for in December.