Gaddafi's Cousin "Sayyid Qaddaf al-Dam" Dies in Cairo

Lieutenant General Sayyid Qadhaf Al-Dam, the cousin of the late Libyan President  Muammar al-Gaddafi, died in Cairo on Thursday.

The military court in Misurata had released Sayed Qaddaf al-Dam in September 2015 after he had been detained in the "Al-Huda Correction and Rehabilitation" prison in Misrata since September 2011, which led to the deterioration of his health.

Qaddaf al-Dam held many prominent positions, as he is one of the free officers of the Libyan Al-Fateh Revolution, coordinator of the popular social leaders in the Jamahiriya, and one of the sons of Muhammad Qaddaf al-Dam, one of the founding officers of the Libyan Liberation Army.

He was the coordinator of the popular leadership in Libya, and he was arrested by the "rebel" militants after the fall of the city of Sirte in October 2011, before he was released in September 2015 by a decision of the Military Court in Misrata.

Qaddaf al-Dam worked in 2017 to manage a dialogue with all Libyan parties since the early days of the Libyan revolution. He, along with popular Libyan activists and leaders, contributed to the release of a good number of prisoners.

He wrote on his official Facebook page in 2017, "in our concern for national cohesion, I ask my nephew Saif al-Islam to lead the national reconciliation and to extend his hand to all Libyans without discrimination, and to unite them on a common word for goodness and development.