LEBANON: 106 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM

A Lebanese military judge sentenced 106 men to death over the 2014 clashes between the army and terrorists in the country’s northeast near the border with Syria. A judicial source said Judge Najat Abou Chakra convicted 73 Syrians, 32 Lebanese and one Palestinian of belonging to terrorist groups and attacking the town of Arsal in August 2014, taking about 30 Lebanese army and police forces hostage, some of whom were executed.
Among those convicted, 77 are in custody but the remaining 29 are at large. The suspects include Jamal Hussain Zainieh, also known as Abu Malek al-Talli, who is the al-Nusra Front terrorist group’s leader in Syria’s Qalamoun region.