Within the framework of the lawsuit filed by the “Lebanese Forces” party against Pierre El Daher and LBCI, where the court issued a decision on February 28, 2019, to drop all charges against them, Pierre El Daher and LBCI filed on Thursday (March 14, 2019) an appeal before the Court of Appeals in Beirut, to challenge the rejection of a request to order the Lebanese Forces to pay the damages caused to Pierre Daher and LBCI as a result of the lawsuit that lasted 12 years.

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Pierre el-Daher and LBCI had requested from Judge Fatima Jouni to order the Lebanese Forces to pay an amount of at least USD 5 million in damages.

It is worth noting that the Lebanese Forces party also filed an appeal on Thursday before the Court of Appeals in Beirut, to challenge the decision of Judge Jouni dropping all the charges against Pierre Daher and LBCI.

Pierre el-Daher is the Chairman & CEO of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International, LBCI, Lebanon's number one television channel.