Lebanon

Lebanese prosecutors have formally appealed sentences handed down in connection with the 2022 murder of Irish peacekeeper Seán Rooney. A military tribunal in Lebanon last month sentenced six men in connection with the murder of Private Rooney and attempted killing of Trooper Shane Kearney, Co

A military tribunal in Lebanon has imposed a death sentence on a man — who remains at large — in connection with the 2022 murder of Irish peacekeeper Seán Rooney. Mohammad Ayyad was the main defendant in the proceedings, though a number of other men have also been convicted and re