Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL; Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير ليبيا) is a Gaddafi loyalist militia and political party which was formed on 26 December 2016.

Aims and ideology 
The PFLL follows a Gaddafi loyalist agenda. The party maintains that the 2011 Libyan Civil War was the result of a conspiracy against Libya, and is aimed at clearing Libya "from control of terrorist organisations."

Timeline of activities 

 26 December 2016: the PFLL was founded.
 October 2017: the PFLL was defeated in clashes with the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade, leading to the arrest of the military leader, Al-Mabrouk Ehnish, on the 16th.
 March 2018: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi announced his intention to run in the 2019 Libyan general election under the PFLL.
 6 July 2019: it was reported that the PFLL had joined the Libyan National Army in the 2019 Western Libya offensive.
 30 September 2019: the coordinator of the group's Ajdabiya branch, Ahmed Abdel Mawla, held a speech wherein he praised the Libyan National Army's advances against anti-LNA factions, re-affirmed the PFLL's support for Saif and denounced the 2011 uprising as a Turkish-Qatari conspiracy. He stated that "Since the conspiracy erupted in 2011, we see what happened in the homeland of the violation of sovereignty, and the loss of its political decision, and here we urge and stress that we all join together and all loyal to fight terrorism and uproot from the roots, these guilty of this era of heretical terrorists who destroyed the country, They destroyed everything."
 3 November 2019: PFLL members held a demonstration in Bani Walid.
 7 February 2020: the PFLL held a panel discussion in Tunisia, titled "Tunisia's role in resolving the Libyan crisis between foreign interventions and the depth of belonging", wherein party members discussed the security situation in Libya in light of the civil war and the proliferation of arms carriers, as well as fears of foreign military intervention in Libya, which would further complicate the situation, according to participants. The panel was attended a number of Tunisian political parties.

References

External links
 Official website
Founding Declaration of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya

Category:2016 establishments in Libya
Category:Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
Category:Political parties established in 2016
Category:Political parties in Libya
Category:Rebel groups in Libya