Middle East
Former Lebanese minister sentenced to 13 years in prison
Michel Samaha jailed for planning terrorist attacks in Lebanon upon Syrian regime’s request
08.04.2016 - Update : 14.04.2016
Security measures are taken around the military court during a hearing of Former Lebanese minister Michel Samaha in Beirut, Lebanon on April 8, 2016. Ex-minister Michel Samaha sentenced to 13 years in prison for planning terrorist attacks. (Ratib Al Safadi - Anadolu Agency)
By Rabea Damj
BEIRUT, Lebanon
Lebanon’s top military court on Friday sentenced former Information and Tourism Minister Michel Samaha to 13 years in prison for terrorism.
Samaha was charged with “transferring improvised explosive devices from Syria to Lebanon to perform terrorist attacks in the northern parts of the country, in coordination with Ali Mamlouk, head of the National Security Bureau of the Syrian intelligence [agency].”
The court’s decision is final and cannot be appealed.
Samaha was arrested in August 2012 after confessing to planning explosions in northern Lebanon during Ramadan, in coordination with the Syrian regime.
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