Article snippet: Posted at 12:30 am on June 11, 2017 by Grant Gambling Seif al-Islam, the son of deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi of Libya who died at the hands of an angry mob in 2011, was reportedly released from the captivity or protection, depending on one’s perspective, of The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade. The Sadiq Brigade is what was left of the anit-Islamist opposition that also largely opposed the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) shortly after the start of Operation Dignity in 2014. The fighters of the Zintan militias all fought against Islamist outside Benghazi, Libya, but the group broke apart over the detention of al-Islam. Seif al-Islam literally translates to “Sword of Islam” (quite a name to have in a holy war) and this is not the first time he was reported to be free. Being that Seif was the face of his father’s regime in the West it is rather remarkable that he has survived the length of the war and just last month there was an assassination attempt on his life. He had been wanted by the International Criminal Court(ICC) and transitional Libyan governments for crimes against humanity. The GNA still holds and is trying Seif’s brother in Tripoli for the murder of a former soccer coach. The reactions from writers and analyst from the region has been largely hopeful. Noting the symbolic significance of the of the amnesty being granted on the 14th day of the month of Ramadan, which for the west in the last few years is largely marked by an uptick in ter... Link to the full article to read more