Lebanon.. The artist Fadel Shaker was released in exchange for financial bail
The Lebanese judiciary agreed on Wednesday to release is in four cases brought against him in exchange for financial bail, according to what a judicial source told Agence France-Presse, nine months after his arrest.
Shaker, born to a Lebanese father and a Palestinian mother, is one of the most famous singers over the past three decades in the Arab world, and was known for his romantic works and the warmth of his voice, until he retired from singing in 2012.
Fadel Shaker Cases
And he is being tried In four separate security files, sentences were previously issued in absentia, ranging from five years in prison to 15 years with hard labor.
A judicial source told AFP on condition of anonymity: "The Permanent Military Court, headed by Brigadier General Wassim Fayyad, agreed to release the artistin the four security cases filed against him, the most prominent of which is what is known as"Abra file"
Financial guarantee
The source added that "The court released Fadl Shaker in three cases in exchange for a financial bail of one hundred million liras ($1,100) for each file, and a bail of two hundred million liras." ($2,200) in exchange for a fourth file known as the Abra file.
According to the source, Shaker is supposed to leave prison at the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday after his legal team paid the financial bail.
In June 2013, clashes broke out between Assir’s supporters and the Lebanese army in the town of Abra near the city of Sidon (south) following an attack on a military checkpoint. The battles led to the death of 18 soldiers and 11 militants, and ended with the army taking control of a compound that the extremist Ahmed al-Asir and his supporters, including Shaker, used as their headquarters.
Balances of Political Power
The latter, whose real name is Fadl Shamdar, hid for more than a decade in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, the largest for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, until he surrendered himself to the army on October 5, 2025 in preparation for closing his file. In light of the changing balance of political power in Lebanon.
The files include accusations of participating in forming an armed group with the intention of disrupting the security and prestige of the state and financing it, in reference to the Assir group, in addition to involvement in the confrontations against the army in Abra, and launching positions that were considered offensive to Lebanon’s relations with a sister country.
A few musical works
Shaker has previously pleaded his innocence through his clients, stressing that he did not participate. In shooting at the army during the battles that were known at the time as"Abra events". The Lebanese judiciary acquitted him in May of the case of an attempted assassination of a local official.
As for the prisoner who was arrested by the authorities in 2015 while trying to escape through Beirut Airport, he was sentenced to death in 2017.
In recent years, Shaker’s appearances have been limited to media appearances and a few singing performances. But months before handing himself in, he released new songs that became widely popular and received hundreds of millions of views.
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