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FILE - Sunni Muslims hold a portrait of imprisoned Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir, center right, during a protest against the clause in a proposed amnesty law that would exclude some prisoners, including the cleric, from being eligible for amnesty, after Friday prayers in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
June 6, 2026, 9:45 am
Lebanon considers its largest amnesty in 35 years but some are protesting
Measure would release over 3,000 prisoners and reduce thousands of sentences amid prison overcrowding while reopening debate over fate of former Israeli-backed militia members
By BASSEM MROUE
This file photo provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female mosquito in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)
April 3, 2026, 8:46 am
Groundbreaking Israeli study finds malarial parasites hack RNA to deceive immune system
Paving way for new therapies, researchers decode how parasites that spread one of the world’s deadliest diseases use trickery to trigger confusion inside cells and evade defenses
By Diana Bletter
Jonathan Elkhoury (left), who escaped Lebanon as a refugee with his family, former SLA members, when he was nine, stands in front of the White House at a pro-Israel rally in September 2024. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2024, 9:01 am
For the Southern Lebanese Army’s second generation, Nasrallah’s death is a ‘breakthrough’
Former SLA members refuse to speak in the face of reprisals, but these young Lebanese-Israelis believe it’s their mission to raise the curtain on the truth about Hezbollah
By Diana Bletter
Three of Amer Fakhoury's four daughters, from left, Guila, Macy and Zoya Fakhoury, gather Nov. 5, 2019, in Salem, N.H. Amer Fakhoury was a Lebanese American restaurant owner who made his first trip back to Lebanon in 2019 in nearly 20 years to see family. In Lebanon he was accused of torturing and killing inmates at a former prison where his family says he had worked as a clerk. Fakhoury was released in March 2020 and died that August from lymphoma. (AP/Kathy McCormack, File)
August 16, 2022, 6:48 am
US judge says family can’t sue Lebanon over dead man’s captivity
Relatives of Amer Fakhoury, an ex-member of the SLA, say he developed illness while imprisoned during a visit to Lebanon over decades-old murder and torture charges that he denied
By KATHY McCORMACK
Two militiamen of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army direct a convoy of armored vehicles in southern Lebanon, June 3, 1999. (Butros Wanna/AP)
June 26, 2022, 3:28 pm
Ministers okay housing grants for South Lebanon Army vets living in Israel
Some 400 former soldiers who fought alongside IDF during Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon from mid-1980s to 2000 to be given $160,000 apiece in aid
By Emanuel Fabian
In this Nov. 5, 2019, photo, from left, Guila, Macy and Zoya Fakhoury, three of Amer Fakhoury's four daughters, gather in Salem, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Kathy McCormack)
January 19, 2022, 9:59 am
New Hampshire family aims to sue Lebanon over dead father’s arrest
Relatives say Amer Fakhoury, who succumbed to cancer in 2020, was arrested and tortured in custody
By KATHY McCORMACK and Jon Gambrell
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and former IDF chief of staff Shaul Mofaz, center, award IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi with the first campaign medal marking Israel's 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon, at a ceremony north of Tel Aviv on June 7, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 8, 2021, 1:13 am
IDF begins distributing campaign medals to troops who fought in southern Lebanon
In ceremony recognizing 18-year occupation as a separate military campaign, defense minister, army chief reflect on their harrowing service in the so-called security zone
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli soldiers patrol a road in Israeli-controlled southern Lebanon, March 31, 1996. (AP Photo/Yaron Kaminsky/File)
March 1, 2021, 7:38 pm
Ministers approve medal for troops who fought in southern Lebanon
Government also agrees to advance bill to honor South Lebanon Army members who served alongside IDF soldiers during Israel’s 18-year occupation of area
By ToI Staff
Two Palestinian women weep as they sit on the curb in the Sabra Palestinian refugee camp in West Beirut, Lebanon, September 19, 1982, after they found bodies of relatives. (AP Photo/Bill Foley)
September 18, 2020, 10:23 am
Journalist reckons with Israeli blame for Sabra and Shatila
38 years ago, hours before the Jewish new year, word arrived of bloodshed by an Israeli ally in Beirut. A reporter set off to Lebanon to seek out the truth
By Abraham Rabinovich
In this June 2016 photo provided by Guila Fakhoury, her father Amer Fakhoury holds his granddaughter, Kira, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. (Guila Fakhoury via AP)
September 13, 2020, 11:18 am
Charity founded to honor ex-member of Israel-backed militia jailed by Lebanon
Foundation to honor Amer Fakhoury, who allegedly tortured prisoners while serving in SLA and died last month, seeks to provide financial and advocacy support for US hostages
By Agencies
Head of the IDF Northern Command Amir Baram (right) and the former deputy commander of the IDF's Lebanon Liaison Unit Shaul Kamisa Raz take part in a ceremony marking the cooperation between the IDF and South Lebanon Army during Israel's 18-year occupation of Lebanon, on June 9, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 10, 2020, 3:05 pm
IDF honors South Lebanon Army with ceremony marking 20 years since withdrawal
Head of IDF Northern Command says Israel indebted to the Christian-led militia for its role in maintaining the southern Lebanon Security Zone, designed to defend northern Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli soldiers opening gates for tank during the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon, on June 22, 2000. (Flash90)
May 25, 2020, 4:13 am
20 years after Lebanon pullout, docuseries dives into the ‘War With No Name’
Nearly 700 soldiers were killed during Israel’s 18-year occupation of Lebanon; journalist Matti Friedman teamed up with the Kan broadcaster to tell their story
By Judah Ari Gross
A Lebanese flag flies over Khiam prison, in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon, August 16, 2006. (Nasser Nasser/AP)
March 22, 2020, 6:11 pm
Former member of Israel-backed militia shot dead in Lebanon
Nobody takes responsibility for hit on Antoine Hayek in his grocery store, which comes amid public anger at release of American-Lebanese man who also was in Southern Lebanese Army
By Agencies
This July 5, 2016, photo shows Amer Fakhoury, owner of the Little Lebanon To Go restaurant in Dover, New Hampshire, US. (John Huff/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP, File)
March 19, 2020, 5:59 pm
Lebanon frees American who served in Israel-backed militia
Amer Fakhoury, who received US citizenship last year, released because more than 10 years passed since he allegedly tortured prisoners while serving in South Lebanon Army
By Agencies
In this August 16, 2006 photo, a Lebanese flag flies over Khiam prison, in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
March 17, 2020, 5:20 pm
Lebanese judge orders retrial of American who served in Israel-backed militia
Amer Fakhoury, who received US citizenship last year and has advanced cancer, allegedly tortured prisoners at Khiam Prison while serving in Christian-led South Lebanon Army
By Agencies
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