Libya’s Top General Dies in Turkey Plane Crash, Raising Geopolitical Concerns

Ankara / Tripoli:
Libya’s army chief, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad, has died after his Falcon 50 business jet crashed in Turkey, just hours following an official military visit in Ankara, according to exclusive reports by PAK US TV, NYC.
The aircraft reportedly lost contact shortly after takeoff and issued an emergency landing alert near Haymana before vanishing. Turkish authorities indicated the plane suffered an electrical failure. The wreckage and black box were recovered on Wednesday. Five senior Libyan military officials were also killed in the crash.
While officially classified as an accident, Al-Haddad’s death is expected to reverberate geopolitically. He was more than a military leader — serving as a key liaison between Libya’s fragmented armed forces, a primary interlocutor with Turkey, and a stabilizing figure for the UN-backed government in Tripoli.
His Ankara visit included formal military honors and high-level talks with Turkey’s chief of staff, but he never returned home. Analysts warn that Libya’s political and military landscape is fragile, and his sudden removal may create immediate power vacuums. Rival factions within Libya’s security apparatus are expected to act quickly, while Turkey may quietly reassess its strategic alliances.
Observers predict that conspiracy theories are likely to proliferate, particularly if investigations become opaque or delayed. While plane crashes do occur, the elimination of a figure holding multiple fault lines together makes the consequences anything but ordinary, potentially destabilizing Libya’s delicate balance of power.