On January 10, 2018, the Lebanon's notoriously harsh military court sentenced in absentia Lebanese journalist and researcher Hanin Ghaddar for defaming the Lebanese army at a conference held in the USA in 2014. 
Tarehe 10 mwezi Januari 2018, mahakama ya kijeshi katili ya Lebanon ilimukumu wakati hayupo mwandishi wa habari mlebanon na mtafiti Hanin ghaddar kwa kukashfu jeshi la Lebanon kwenye mkutano uliofanyika Marekani mwaka 2014.