The first demonstrations against Gaddafi’s rule began in the eastern city of Benghazi on February 17, 2011. A decade on, Libya is still split between rival factions, and shell and shrapnel holes scar its cities. As the fighting spread through the summer of 2011, he joined the assault on Tripoli. FACE OF THE UPRISINGHisham al-Windi came from a family that did well under Gaddafi – his father was a diplomat. Windi was among the first fighters to storm Gaddafi’s Tripoli compound.

Source: Egypt Independent February 16, 2021 09:33 UTC