A French court has ordered the conditional release of Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah, jailed for 40 years in France over the killing of two foreign diplomats. Prosecutors will appeal the decision.

Summary

A French court has conditionally approved the release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed for 40 years for the 1982 murders of U.S. and Israeli diplomats.

His release, set for December 6, requires him to leave France but is pending an appeal by prosecutors.

A former Marxist militant with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF), Abdallah has long been eligible for parole but was repeatedly denied.

His lawyer hailed the decision as a political victory, while critics, including the U.S., oppose his release. Abdallah remains unrepentant for his actions.