New York Man Convicted as Hezbollah Spy Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

Fighters with the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah party, a U.S. designated terrorist group, carry flags as they parade in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut, to mark the al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day, on May 31, 2019. Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images

A New York man who was convicted of seeking targets in New York City for attacks by the terror organization Hezbollah has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, the Department of Justice announced.

Ali Kourani, a naturalized U.S. citizen who is Lebanon-born, was sentenced Dec. 3 in Manhattan federal court after being convicted at trial in May.