Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam announces candidacy for president of Libya
World | November 15, 2021 12:56 ISTGadhafi’s son was captured by fighters in the town of Zintan late in 2011, the year when a popular uprising, backed by the NATO, toppled his father after more than 40 years in power. Moammar Gadhafi was killed in October 2011 amid the ensuing fighting that would turn into a civil war.