[3] al-Juwaili is said to be aligned with the Tripoli Revolutionary Council (TRC) led by Abdullah Naker,[4] who warned in an interview 18 November that his men could overthrow the government even before it was appointed if it failed to meet their demands for representation.

Juwali was then appointed as head of the Vocational Guidance center in Yifrin part of the Libyan Ministry of Workforce and Training.

[citation needed] He defected to the anti-Gaddafi forces during the 2011 civil war, becoming the head of Zintan's military council.

[2] In August 2022, Juwaili was involved in Fathi Bashagha's failed attempt to take Tripoli and overthrow the UN-recognized government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.

[7] Juwaily met with Major General Isa Saif Al Mazrouie, Deputy Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces in Tripoli on 6 December 2011 and discussed areas of cooperation between the two countries and ways of enhancing them, especially in the military sector.