Popular and powerful, Abdelghani al-Kikli has become a major player in the Tripoli region, though he was in fact born in Benghazi in the east. Before war broke out, he worked in the family bakery but took up arms in the revolution that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and formed a militia in the southern Tripoli district of Abu Salim, which remains his stronghold to this day.Over the years, his […]
Popular and powerful, Abdelghani al-Kikli has become a major player in the Tripoli region, though he was in fact born in Benghazi in the east. Before war broke out, he worked in the family bakery but took up arms in the revolution that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and formed a militia in the southern Tripoli district of Abu Salim, which remains his stronghold to this day.Over the years, his […] Read More