Khaberni - The Military Court in Beirut, on Tuesday, postponed the trial session of the Lebanese artist Fadel Shaker to February 3, 2026, at the request of his lawyer Amata Mubarak, who asked the court "to allow time to review the four files in which her client is being pursued," according to the National News Agency.
Shaker had appeared before the Military Court on the date previously set for his trial earlier this month, to begin his trial in four cases related to belonging to an armed organization, funding this organization (the group of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir), possessing unlicensed weapons, and undermining the authority of the state and its dignity, according to the National News Agency.
This postponement comes after Shaker surrendered himself to the Lebanese army at the beginning of October last year, following a disappearance of more than a decade inside the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon, where judicial sentences were issued against him on terrorism-related charges.
The Military Court had issued a sentence in 2017 to imprison Shaker for 15 years with hard labor, and he was stripped of his civil rights, due to his participation in the clashes that occurred in the Ain al-Hilweh camp in 2013 between the Lebanese Army forces and supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir.
These confrontations resulted in the deaths of 18 military personnel and 11 militants before the army took control of the complex used by al-Assir and his supporters, including Fadel Shaker, who remained in hiding after the events until his most recent surrender.
