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Lebanon Tribunal Widens Probe

Posted August 19th, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
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The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has widened its probe to include attacks on three other politicians that it believes are linked. The tribunal said Friday that it will look into the 2005 killing of former Communist Party chief George Hawi. The group will also investigate a […]

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Lebanon Tribunal Unseals Indictment in Hariri Probe

Posted August 17th, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
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The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanon’s former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, has released its indictment against the four Hezbollah members who prosecutors say carried out the attack. The court said Wednesday it has confirmed the charges against the suspects and made the indictment public after prosecutors showed there is sufficient evidence to […]

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Lebanon Tribunal Releases Indictment in Former PM’s Murder

Posted August 17th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
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The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has released its indictment against the four Hezbollah members who prosecutors say carried out the attack. The court said Wednesday it has confirmed the charges against the suspects and made the indictment public after prosecutors showed there is sufficient evidence to […]

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Lebanon Tribunal Makes Hariri Murder Indictment Public

Posted August 17th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
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The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri has released its indictment against the four Hezbollah members who prosecutors say carried out the attack. The court said Wednesday it has confirmed the charges against the suspects and made the indictment public after prosecutors showed there is sufficient evidence to […]

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Lebanon Tribunal Makes Hariri Murder Indictment Public

Posted August 17th, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
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The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has released its indictment against the four Hezbollah members who prosecutors say carried out the attack. The court said Wednesday it has confirmed the charges against the suspects and made the indictment public after prosecutors showed there was sufficient evidence to […]

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Lebanon Tribunal Head Urges Hariri Murder Suspects to Appear

Posted August 11th, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
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The head of the U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has urged the four suspects in the case to appear before the tribunal, and stressed the proceedings will be conducted fairly. Judge Antonio Cassese issued a statement Thursday saying it may be possible for the four men to […]

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Lebanon Tribunal Names 4 Suspects in Hariri Murder

Posted July 29th, 2011 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
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A United Nations-backed tribunal has released the names of four men wanted for the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon identified the suspects Friday as Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra. The four are members of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant […]

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Rafik Hariri’s Legacy Continues in Lebanon

Posted June 30th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was considered a powerful political force in Lebanon and throughout the Arab world, before his 2005 death in a truck bombing that targeted his motorcade in Lebanon. On Thursday, more than six years after his assassination, Lebanese media reported that a United Nations backed tribunal issued four arrest warrants […]

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