### [2026-08-10](/feed/2026/08/10/index.md)

##### Libyan crisis
# Fawzi al-Mansouri المنصوري, head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army, is assassinated as a bomb exploded inside his car in Benghazi, Libya. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via RFI](https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20260811-car-bomb-kills-haftar-intel-chief-in-eastern-libya)
2. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/11/east-libya-military-intelligence-chief-killed-in-car-bomb)

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