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Death sentence expected in trial of Lebanese Muslim scholar

Name: Death sentence expected in trial of Lebanese Muslim scholar
Uploaded: 2017-09-28T09:14:03Z
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Description: A Lebanese military court is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of a controversial Sunni scholar linked to a shoot-out with government troops in 2013. Fighting between supporters of Ahmad al-Assir and Lebanese soldiers led to dozens of deaths.

A Lebanese military court is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of a controversial Sunni scholar linked to a shoot-out with government troops in 2013. Fighting between supporters of Ahmad al-Assir and Lebanese soldiers led to dozens of deaths.

A Lebanese military court is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of a controversial Sunni scholar linked to a shoot-out with government troops in 2013.

Fighting between supporters of Ahmad al-Assir and Lebanese soldiers led to dozens of deaths.

He has been held in solitary confinement for the past two years.

Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab reports from Beirut.

By Imtiaz Tyab