After nearly a decade of pre-trial detention in Lebanon, Hannibal Kadhafi, one of longtime Libyan ruler Moamer Kadhafi’s sons, was ordered by a Lebanese court on Friday to be released on bail.
Since a NATO-backed revolt toppled and killed Moamer in 2011, the Kadhafi family have scattered across different parts of the world.
Here’s a look at where some of its members are today.
– HANNIBAL KADHAFI –
Hannibal Kadhafi was arrested in Lebanon in 2015 and has since been detained pending trial.
He was accused of withholding information about the disappearance of Lebanese Shiite cleric Mussa Sadr in 1978.
On Friday, a Lebanese judge ordered his release on a $11 million bail and banned him from travel, a judicial source told AFP.
– SEIF AL-ISLAM KADHAFI –
The second of Kadhafi’s eight children, Seif al-Islam had long been seen as his father’s successor.
While he held no official position in the north African country, he had been described as Libya’s de facto prime minister, cultivating an image of moderation and reform.
But that reputation soon collapsed when he promised “rivers of blood” in the face of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
He was arrested in November 2011 in southern Libya following a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Reports suggested he had been detained while in western Libya’s city of Zenten. He was sentenced to death in 2015 after a speedy trial but was granted amnesty.
In 2021, he announced he would run for president, but those elections were indefinitely postponed.
His current whereabouts are unknown.
– AISHA KADHAFI AND HER MOTHER –
Born in 1977, Aisha was a lawyer and had fled in August 2011 to neighbouring Algeria with her mother — Kadhafi’s second wife Safiya Farkach — and one of her brothers, Mohammed.
In 2013, she moved to Oman, where she was granted political asylum.
Safiya is based between Egypt and Oman, according to a source close to the family.
– SAADI KADHAFI
Born in 1973, he was a footballer who had a playboy reputation. He currently lives in Turkey, according to the same family source.
Saadi had led an elite unit of his father’s army before fleeing to Niger in September 2011, where he was placed under house arrest.
Following his escape, he vowed to return to Libya and launch a new rebellion.
After his recapture, Niger extradited him to Libya, where he was detained until September 2021 before moving to Turkey.
– MUTASSIM KADAHFI –
Born in 1975, Mutassim had been promoted by his father to head the National Security Council in 2007.
A career soldier and doctor, he was seen as his brother Seif al-Islam’s main competitor. Suspected of attempting a coup, he was exiled to Egypt but later pardoned and returned home.
In October 2011, like his father, he was captured and killed in northern Libya’s Sirte. His burial site is unknown.
– KHAMIS KADHAFI –
Kadhafi’s youngest son, born in 1983, commanded a battalion of army loyalists and mercenaries, and played a major role in putting down the 2011 uprising in Benghazi.
He also headed the last base to fall amid the uprisings in Tripoli and was announced dead in October 2011.
– MOHAMMED KADHAFI –
Moamer’s eldest son and only child from his first wife Fatiha al-Nuri, Mohammed headed the Libyan Olympic Committee and was chairman of Libya’s General Post and Telecommunications Company.
Along with Aisha and her mother, he escaped to Algeria before relocating to Oman.
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