A
Maronite Christian, born in 1960, he is a
Saint Joseph University alumnus and has more than thirty years of experience in judiciary. He became
advocate general then
investigative judge in
Baabda, and since 2009 he has been the investigating judge at the
military court, where he developed an expertise in
terrorism cases, in which he delivered hundreds of verdicts He is also known to be one of the few who issued indictments against the Islamist
Ahmed Al-Assir and the other groups who fought the
Lebanese Army. The move, which is believed to be planned on purpose, will further delay the investigation that had already faced violent political opposition. the ally of
Hezbollah, the two he had already charged in the case, a move condemned by the
Human Rights Watch. == See also ==