Lebanon today released jailed US citizen Amer Fakhoury, suffering from stage 4 cancer, after Washington threatened to move ahead with sanctions.
Lebanese authorities had detained Fakhoury for more than six months, charging him with torturing inmates at the notorious Khiam prison when he served in the Israel-backed South Lebanon Army during the civil war. Fakhoury’s family has denied the allegations. They acknowledge that he worked at the prison, but claim that he did not have contact with inmates.
