He entered the military academy in 1972, graduating in 1975. He fought against the Israeli occupation in South Lebanon and was then transferred to head positions north of the Litani during the 1980s. In the 1988-89 war he fought against Syrian forces assaulting the “free zones” of West Beirut. He gained notoriety during the 15-week offensive against PalestinianFatah al-Islam in northern Lebanon in 2007, specifically during the assault on Nahr al-Bared.
December 12, 2007 bomb attack
A bomb attack in the Christian town of Baabda, in a high security area, which is home not only to the presidential palace, but to the ministry of defence, several embassies and homes of senior politicians, on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut killed four people. The general was among those killed.[1]
