Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير ليبيا aljbhh alsh'ebyh lthryr lybya | |
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Leader | Saif al-Islam Gaddafi[1] |
Secretary-General | Ramadan Abou Grim[2] |
Founded | 26 December 2016[3] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing |
Colours | Green |
House of Representatives | 0 / 200 |
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Website | |
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya | |
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Military leader | Al-Mabrouk Ehnish (until 2017)[4] |
Political leader | Saif al-Islam Gaddafi[1] |
Active regions | Libya |
Status | Active |
Opponents | Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade |
Battles and wars | 2016–18 West Libya clashes 2019 Western Libya offensive |
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL;[5] Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير ليبيا, romanized: al-Jabhat al-Shaebiat li-Tahrir Libiya) is a Gaddafi loyalist militia and political party that aims to elect Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as president of Libya.
The PFLL follows a Gaddafi loyalist agenda.[3] The party maintains that the First Libyan Civil War was the result of a conspiracy against Libya.[3] It holds a negative view of the United Nations and NATO, which played a large role in overthrowing Gaddafi during the 2011 military intervention.[6] Its stated aim is to build a sovereign state and "liberate the country from the control of terrorist organizations that use religion as a cover and are funded by foreign agencies."[7] It has run advertisements opposing Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War as well as the presidency of Fayez al-Sarraj.[8] It opposes normalizing relations with Israel.[9]
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There are also reports that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya, a pro-Jamahiriya resistance organisation led by Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the son of Brotherly Leader Muammar al-Gaddafi who was overthrown and murdered in 2011, is supporting the Tobruk-based forces.