Eight bodies found in Libya, Greece as the toll in the Mediterranean rises
Bodies of five asylum seekers wash ashore in Libya as three others die in a separate incident off the coast of Greece.

Bodies of five asylum seekers wash ashore in Libya as three others die in a separate incident off the coast of Greece.



![In this Saturday, Nov 19, 2011 file photo, Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Zintan, Libya [AP Photo/Ammar El-Darwish, File]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AP375353421109-1770192310_8b3654-1770888238.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




![Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi appears in front of supporters and journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. Seif al-Islam, then-wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and who ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo earlier said had been arrested by the rebels, claimed the insurgents had suffered "heavy casualties" when they stormed Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli. [Dario Lopez-Mills/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1770238685.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Death of former dictator’s son removes symbolic alternative to Libya’s entrenched political deadlock, analysts say.
Statement from attorney general’s office says forensics teams examines body and site of shooting.
Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the west of the North African country.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya, Global News Insight Arabic reports.
Gaddafi’s political team says masked men killed him at his home in Zintan in a ‘cowardly and treacherous assassination’.
Email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 outlines what the sender described as financial and legal opportunities in Libya.
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Five officers, including chief of staff General al-Haddad, were flying from Turkiye to Libya when their plane crashed.
Authorities are examining a wide range of data, including flight recordings and airpot CCTV footage, officials say.
Military honours paid to senior military officers, including army chief Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, who died in crash.