The head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army (LNA), which controls the east and parts of southern Libya, has been killed in a car bombing, the army said in a statement Tuesday (August 11, 2026).
Political Context
Fawzi al-Mansouri was assassinated on Monday (August 10, 2026) when an explosive stuck to his car detonated as he was leaving a local mosque at night, the statement said.
Reports said the killing occurred in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. In a statement, the LNA said it would “not cease fighting terrorism and will continue our struggle for the stability and security of Libya, as well as for the unification of its institutions”. “None of this bodes well for a US plan to re-unify Libya,” Kinnear said, adding that under the roadmap, neither side “is likely to be satisfied with their respective positions for long”.
Two governments are currently vying for power: the U.N.-recognised administration in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, and a rival in Benghazi backed by military commander and LNA chief Khalifa Haftar.
