Lebanese court sentences Syrian fighters to death

The men partook in the 2014 attack by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra on the Lebanese army in the town of Arsal, according to the Lebanese military.
Saleh al-Baradei, a Lebanese police officer kidnapped along with four soldiers by Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, celebrates with relatives after his release on Aug. 31, 2014.
Saleh al-Baradei, a Lebanese police officer kidnapped along with four soldiers by Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, celebrates with relatives after his release on Aug. 31, 2014, in the town of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The men were taken from Arsal on Aug. 2 during a fierce battle between the Lebanese army and jihadis who had crossed the border from Syria. - AFP via Getty Images
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A Lebanese military court sentenced a group of Syrian Jabhat al-Nusra fighters to death Tuesday for the killing of Lebanese soldiers.

The Permanent Military Court, chaired by Gen. Mounir Chehad, sentenced Adnan Muhammad al-Zara’i, Ziyad Muhammad Satuf, Muhammad Khalid Satuf and Ubaida Muhammad Satuf to death by hanging. Another man, Al-Khadir Khalid Satuf, was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor, the official National News Agency reported.

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