BEIRUT: The Lebanese judiciary on Wednesday approved the released of crooner-turned-fugitive militant Fadl Shaker months after he surrendered himself to authorities, a judicial official told AFP. The entertainer, born to a Lebanese father and a Palestinian mother, turned himself over to authorities in October after more than a decade in hiding in a Palestinian refugee camp. Shaker was accused of taking part in 2013 clashes in the south Lebanon city of Sidon between the military and supporters of Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir, which left more than a dozen soldiers dead.

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BEIRUT: The Lebanese judiciary on Wednesday approved the released of crooner-turned-fugitive militant Fadl Shaker months after he surrendered himself to authorities, a judicial…

Lebanese authorities have released on bail a pop star-turned-militant who spent months in jail awaiting a retrial on charges of belonging to an armed group and money laundering

Fadel Shaker surrendered to authorities last October after spending 12 years evading arrest, hiding in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh.

In 2012, singing star Shaker quit his music career, before being accused of joining an armed group in Lebanon.