Salafist sheikh Ahmad al-Assir. (Credit: National News Agency archives)
At least 20 lawyers stepped forward on Tuesday when Maroun Abu Jaoudeh, president of the Military Cassation Court, called Ahmad al-Assir’s name. The Salafist cleric was sentenced to death by the military court in September 2017 over his role in the June 2013 clashes in Saida’s Abra neighborhood, which killed around 20 soldiers.He appeared in court as part of a Cassation appeal filed by two of his lawyers, Mohammad Sablouh and Abdel Badih Akoum. The hearings had repeatedly been postponed, with some observers arguing that political considerations had marked the case. Zoom out General amnesty: The ‘Assir or no one’ formula threatens the Baabda compromise The Court of Cassation adjourned the hearing on Tuesday until Nov. 26, this time because another defendant in the case, Syrian national Abdel Basset Barakat, had not been formally...
At least 20 lawyers stepped forward on Tuesday when Maroun Abu Jaoudeh, president of the Military Cassation Court, called Ahmad al-Assir’s name. The Salafist cleric was sentenced to death by the military court in September 2017 over his role in the June 2013 clashes in Saida’s Abra neighborhood, which killed around 20 soldiers.He appeared in court as part of a Cassation appeal filed by two of his lawyers, Mohammad Sablouh and Abdel Badih Akoum. The hearings had repeatedly been postponed, with some observers arguing that political considerations had marked the case. Zoom out General amnesty: The ‘Assir or no one’ formula threatens the Baabda compromise The Court of Cassation adjourned the hearing on Tuesday until Nov. 26, this time because another defendant in the case, Syrian national Abdel Basset Barakat, had not been...