source that he was building an army and his forces had taken control of Sabratha. His claim was unverified and it was possible that he was taking credit for other armed groups' operations. He was allegedly aligned with the Warshefana tribal militia, but Warshefana had gotten into a turf war with his other ally the Zintan Brigades over road checkpoints and smuggling routes. On 17 February 2018, on the seventh anniversary of the outbreak of the First Libyan Civil War, Asharq Al-Awsat reported from tribal sources that several international parties were prodding extremists linked to al-Qaeda to assassinate Saif al-Islam. The same sources refused to divulge Saif's whereabouts. Gaddafi's spokesman stated on 22 March 2018 in Tunis that he would run for president in the next Libyan general election under the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL). Ayman Abu Ras, a spokesperson for the party, said that Gaddafi wished to focus on a programme of "reform", namely reconstruction projects. In May 2018, the ICC reminded Libyan authorities of the arrest warrant issued against Saif al-Islam, calling for him to be arrested and transferred to the custody of the ICC. The ICC also called for "credible information" that could lead to finding his location. In July 2018, an audio recording of Saif al-Islam imploring the Tuaregs in Ghat to provide him with fighters was leaked online.<ref>{{Citation |title=Saif al-Islam Makes New Appearance |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJZ0jK8KFA |language=en |access-date=2023-02-01}}</ref> In May 2019, the son of Mohammed Ali Madani alleged that Khalifa Haftar had offered him and Ejmi al-Atiri money to assassinate Saif. In March 2020, the ICC confirmed that Saif al-Islam's case was admissible in the ICC, despite the 28 July 2015 Libyan judgment against him, since the 2015 judgment was carried out in absentia, thus not qualifying as final under Libyan law. In May 2020, it was reported that Turkish intelligence was searching for Saif in the western mountain region southwest of Tripoli to either assassinate him or hand him over to the ICC. In 2020, Saif reportedly attempted to re-organize the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya into a new party named “Libya Al-Ghad” ("Libya Tomorrow" in Arabic), but the rebrand was vetoed by the much older Popular Front leaders. On 14 February 2021, Saif's lawyer Karim Khan was elected Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Khan subsequently recused himself from Saif's ICC case. Re-emergence as a public figure and presidential