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## Gaddafi


* ![Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan lea](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt686a511f82a04e01/69892b91929fad3d8bbf00a5/gettyimages-134030282.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 21, 2018  
## [Did Libya's Dictator Bankroll Sarkozy? Gaddafi's Son Hinted at Dirt in 2011](https://time.com/5208822/gaddafi-son-dirt-sarkozy-libya-regime/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![Istanbul police seize Gaddafis ornamental dagger](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d0c8b1ce9091240/698897b8a988ca625a6b839c/gettyimages-539889356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2016  
## [Turkish Police Seize Gaddafi's Ivory Dagger in Raid](https://time.com/4367861/turkey-police-gaddafi-dagger-ivory-jewels-arrest/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Libya Derna's Islamic Youth Council ISIS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcdba081304bfd617/69876d18a988ca69386ab383/rtr49bs8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 5, 2014  
## [ISIS-linked Training Camps in Libya Raise Alarm](https://time.com/3621015/isis-in-libya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jared Malsin
* ![Muammar Gaddafi in 1969](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt244bd595fbce3c39/6986a15ce8524b5822604799/gaddafi.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 2, 2014  
## [Gaddafi Before the Gold-Plated Guns](https://time.com/3207127/gaddafi-1969/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Jennifer Latson
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 30, 2014  
## [Libyan General With U.S. Passport Wages War On Islamist Extremists](https://time.com/2797347/libya-khalifa-hifter/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Karl Vick  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 14, 2014  
## [Libya Begins Trial of Gaddafi’s Sons](https://time.com/61356/libya-gaddafi-sons-trial/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Maddy Fry
* ![A rebel under Ibrahim Jathran holds the Cyrenaica flag while standing on a boat at Es Sider port in Ras Lanuf](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0a29bb96dccdd0b/698685ba35ba6f80a0c00ff8/libya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 17, 2014  
## [Navy Seals Capture Rogue Oil Tanker Off Cyprus Coast](https://time.com/26849/navy-seals-seize-libyan-oil-tanker/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![Al Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, speaks at a news conference in ...](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd8ea440e88b0481/6986841fcd804d428acc9978/gadaffi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 6, 2014  
## [Niger Officials Extradite Gaddafi’s Son to Libya](https://time.com/13704/niger-officials-extradite-gaddafis-son-to-libya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by David Stout
* ![<b>Yuri Kozyrev. From "The Revolutionaries." February 14, 2011 issue.</b>  
<br><br>  
To win the army over to their side, protest leaders urged people to "hug a soldier."](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ec9edc6359fc783/69879acc0b72e34eed6df276/110214060047.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2011  
## [TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2011](https://time.com/3783995/times-best-photojournalism-of-2011/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo Department
* ![November 8, 2011. A sedated black rhino is carried by military helicopter away from a poaching area in the hills of the Eastern Cape in South Africa to a new home 15 miles away. The World Wildlife Fund organized the move of 1,000 rhinos, which are under threat from poachers across Africa because of the market value of their horns.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8947291a920cc1ab/698685fbadae4406f4542037/029961671.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 12, 2011  
## [TIME Picks the Most Surprising Photos of 2011](https://time.com/3783586/time-picks-the-most-surprising-photos-of-2011/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Phil Bicker  
* ![October 24, 2011. A Buddhist monk trudges through floodwaters in Bangkok. Thailand is experiencing its worst flooding in half a century. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf2d4ec2a6f4eb87/69879a308e0601294745bb74/2011-10-24t131933z_18667607.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 28, 2011  
## [Pictures of the Week, October 21 – October 28](https://time.com/3782264/pictures-of-the-week-october-21-october-28/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo Department
* ![Tripoli, Libya.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte65d54feda1ae7fa/698799df428a9ed35ccc87b6/jehad_libya01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 21, 2011  
## [Return to Libya: Reflections on a Photographer's Personal Conflict](https://time.com/3782082/return-to-libya-reflections-on-a-photographers-personal-conflict/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jehad Nga
* ![A Marsh Arab floats on his canoe through the Kurmashia marsh in southern Iraq.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4291f8930ac70571/69879945e20a870ac3a8666e/h_05751709t.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2011  
## [Banding Together for a Fallen Colleague: The Friends of Anton](https://time.com/3780843/banding-together-for-a-fallen-colleague-the-friends-of-anton/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Patrick Witty
* ![Germany](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfef756745e6d641c/698684c3cd68482f89093867/110905020009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 26, 2011  
## [The Best Pictures of the Week, August 19 – August 26](https://time.com/3780274/the-best-pictures-of-the-week-august-12-august-19-2/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo Department
* ![A picnic in Mohamed Nga's car, which he had purchased on a U.S. military base in Tripoli](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ce34eaa3dd7b95f/6986a51535ba6fcd35c03fee/1960s-libya-before-gaddafi-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 18, 2011  
## [1960s Libya: A Glimpse of Life Before Gaddafi](https://time.com/3425776/1960s-libya-a-glimpse-of-life-before-gaddafi/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Phil Bicker

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