Overview
- Brigadier Fowzi Mansouri, head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army, was killed when an explosive device detonated in his car outside his home in Benghazi, sources told Reuters on Monday.
- Local news outlets and police say an investigation is under way but no group or individual has claimed responsibility and officials have not released details about the device.
- Mansouri led intelligence operations for forces aligned with Khalifa Haftar, a role that makes him a high-value target in Libya’s fractured security landscape.
- The assassination could heighten tensions in the east, prompt tighter security around senior LNA figures, and raise the risk of retaliatory attacks or local instability.
- The killing underscores long-running fragmentation since 2014 and shows that the 2020 ceasefire has not eliminated targeted violence in LNA-controlled eastern and southern Libya.