Lebanese newspaper files complaint in France over remarks on killed journalist

Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has filed a legal complaint in Paris, accusing former Unifil official General Philippe Sidos of “apology for war crimes” over comments he made about the killing of one of the paper’s journalists, Amal Khalil. Sidos, a former head of the liaison office of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, said during an appearance on BFMTV that “Al-Akhbar is a newspaper close to Hezbollah.