Michel Samaha was convicted of smuggling explosives into
the country and plotting assassinations with the help of Syrian
security services.
His sentence amounts to about 10 years in jail under
Lebanese law.
Syria's conflict has had a major impact on neighbouring
Lebanon, with parties split on supporting Mr Assad.
Lebanon hosts more than one million Syrian refugees and has
seen sporadic violence since the outbreak of the war.
Samaha was arrested in 2012 by a branch of the security
forces known to be close to anti-Syrian factions. At the time
his family said the detention was blatantly political.
He was initially sentenced to four-and-a-half years in 2015 but
that conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered.
Samaha admitted transporting explosives during the trial but
said he was the victim of entrapment, AFP news agency
reported.
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