Hannibal Gaddafi had been held in Beirut since 2015 in connection with the disappearance of a Lebanese cleric in 1978 The Lebanese authorities have released Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on bail after nearly ten years in custody over allegations he withheld information about a missing cleric. Hannibal’s release on Monday followed a court order that lowered his bail from $11 million to around $900,000 and lifted a travel ban imposed since his 2015 arrest. “