Overview

• The Paris Court of Appeal mandated Abdallah’s release effective July 25 on the condition that he never return to French territory.
• The 74-year-old founder of the Lebanese Revolutionary Armed Factions was transferred from Lannemezan to Tarbes and then Roissy-Charles de Gaulle before boarding a flight to Beirut.
• Judges cited Abdallah’s advanced age, European human rights principles on proportionality, and the absence of violent FARL activity since 1984 in deeming further detention unnecessary.
• The United States and Israeli governments, civil parties to the case, had consistently opposed his earlier parole applications.
• Abdallah’s lawyer Jean-Louis Chalanset said his client appeared very happy as he faces a challenging return for Lebanese and Palestinian communities.