"The most difficult part of today's decision is that I've been convicted based on the evidence of a witness who was found by an Australian court to have lied," Matthew Joyce said.
GlobalPost travels with Hezbollah as it steps up its support for the Syrian government, helping it retake key rebel strongholds on the road to Damascus.
At least 23 pro-Assad fighters of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah have been killed in the battle for the strategically vital Syrian city of Qusayr.
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