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Apr 8, 2016 · Samaha was arrested in 2012 by a branch of the security forces known to be close to anti-Syrian factions. At the time his family said the detention was blatantly political.
Michel Samaha. Michel Samaha ( Arabic: ميشال سماحة; born 9 September 1948) is a former minister of information and minister of tourism in Lebanon, and a longtime politician and intelligence operative. [1] Samaha is known for his long and close relationship with the Syrian government, [2] and was one of several Lebanese officials ...
Apr 9, 2016 · Nader believes the assassination was revenge for Samah’s arrest. In 2015, Samaha was finally sentenced after a lengthy court case to just four and half years in jail – to the renewed fury of ...
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Apr 8, 2016 · The Lebanese authorities arrested Mr. Samaha in 2012 and accused him of smuggling explosives into Lebanon from Syria for use in terrorist attacks. Named as an accomplice in the same suit was a ...
Apr 8, 2016 · Samaha, who was freed on bail in January pending his retrial, confessed to the charges before the first sentence was handed down, and gave details of a plot allegedly devised with Syria’s ...
Aug 9, 2012 · BBC News, Beirut. The detention of a well-known Lebanese political figure, Michel Samaha, has underlined the explosive potential of the Syrian crisis and how it stretches into the heart of ...
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Apr 8, 2016 · A Lebanese military court sentenced former information minister Michel Samaha to 13 years in prison with hard labor on Friday for attempting to carry out “terrorist acts,” a judicial source ...
