Veteran bench boss Zeljko Pavlicevic steered Al-Ittihad to the brink of a potential deep run in the Libyan League playoffs earlier this spring.
But the outbreak of violence this month in the North African nation forced the Libyan Basketball Federation on April 6 to suspend operations for the remainder of the season.
Pavlicevic, a former Japan men's national team head coach, left Libya under difficult circumstances a few days later.