# instability

Assassination of Saif al‑Islam Gaddafi at a Fraught Moment Risks Re‑igniting Libya’s Factional War

Saif al‑Islam Gaddafi was assassinated on 3 February in Zintan by masked gunmen who reportedly disabled security cameras before killing him. His death comes at a politically sensitive moment and risks provoking reprisals, deepening factional divisions, and further undermining Libya’s fragile path to national reconciliation.