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FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2006 file photo, a Lebanese flag flies over Khiam prison in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said Thursday, March 19, 2020, that Amer Fakhoury, 57, of Dover, N.H., was was freed from the prison. Fakhoury had been jailed since September 2019, was responsible for the killings and abuse of prisoners in Lebanon as part of an Israeli-backed militia two decades ago. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2006 file photo, a Lebanese flag flies over Khiam prison in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said Thursday, March 19, 2020, that Amer Fakhoury, 57, of Dover, N.H., was was freed from the prison. Fakhoury had been jailed since September 2019, was responsible for the killings and abuse of prisoners in Lebanon as part of an Israeli-backed militia two decades ago. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

March 19, 2020

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2 Americans imprisoned in Iran, Lebanon released
March 19, 2020 7:39 p.m.

2 Americans imprisoned in Iran, Lebanon released

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American jailed for months in Lebanon was released from custody Thursday, while a Navy veteran was granted medical furlough from an Iran prison as the country struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus, U.S. officials said.