Safia Farkash
First Lady of Libya from 1970 to 2011
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| April 2016 | Safia Farkash was allowed to return to Libya by the government as part of their efforts to reconcile with Gaddafi loyalists. |
| October 2012 | Safia Farkash and her family left their hideaway in Algeria and were granted political asylum in Oman. |
| March 2012 | The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates ordered all banks and financial institutions to freeze the bank accounts of Safia Farkash and other high-ranking officials of the Gaddafi regime, in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution No. 1970 of 2011. |
| October 20 2011 | Mutassim Gaddafi killed along with his father Muammar Gaddafi after the battle of Sirte. |
| August 30 2011 | Ayesha Gaddafi gave birth to her fourth child in Algeria, after the death of her husband and two previous children. |
| August 29 2011 | Algerian government officially announced that Safia Farkash, daughter Ayesha, and sons Muhammad and Hannibal crossed into Algeria, arriving at a Sahara Desert entry point at 08:45 AM, and were allowed entry on humanitarian grounds. |
| August 29 2011 | Khamis Gaddafi reportedly killed in Tarhuna during clashes with the National Liberation Army. |
| August 27 2011 | Egyptian news agency Mena reported Libyan rebel fighters saw six armored Mercedes-Benz sedans possibly carrying top Gaddafi regime figures crossing the border towards Algeria. |
| July 26 2011 | One of Ayesha Gaddafi's children was killed in a NATO airstrike, along with her husband Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi. |
| May 2011 | Safia Farkash gave her first press interview to CNN reporter Nima Elbagir via mobile telephone during the Libyan Civil War, after UN sanctions froze an estimated £18 billion of Gaddafi family assets. |
| April 30 2011 | Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and three of Farkash's grandchildren were reportedly killed in a NATO bombing. |
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