The military court of appeals on Tuesday accepted an appeal filed by State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr against the jail sentence that was handed to former minister Michel Samaha, state-run National News Agency reported.

“The court accepted the appeal in form and content after discussing all the arguments mentioned in it,” NNA said.

“It decided to keep Samaha’s case separate from that of (Syrian security chief) Maj. Gen. Ali Mamluk,” it added.

Saqr’s appeal had demanded Samaha’s retrial and that the verdict be annulled. The retrial would refer to videos of the former minister during which he discusses the transportation of explosives from Syria for use in attacks in Lebanon.

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