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The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program on Monday offered a $ 10 million reward for information on a Hezbollah member convicted of the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The convict, Salim Ayyash, is believed to be in hiding in Lebanon, and Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah refused to hand him over.
The United States on Monday offered a $ 10 million reward to anyone who provides information about a Hezbollah member who has been convicted of a crime. The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri But he is still on the run.
The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program stated that the reward would be awarded in exchange for “information leading to the location or identification” of Salim Ayyash, or “information preventing him from participating in a terrorist operation. against a person or Property of the United States. “
In December, the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon found Ayyash in absentia for Hariri’s murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Ayyash, 57, is believed to be in hiding in Lebanon, and Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has refused to hand him over.
The court stated that it would also try Ayyash for three attacks directed against Lebanese politicians.
The US State Department said Ayyash also planned to harm US soldiers.
Rafik Hariri was Prime Minister of Lebanon prior to his resignation in October 2004. He was killed in February 2005 when a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives as his armored convoy passed. The attack left 22 dead and 226 wounded.
His assassination sparked the Cedar Revolution which drove the Syrian army out of Lebanon.
The United States has designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization as a terrorist organization, but the party exercises political influence in Lebanon and holds seats in Parliament.
France 24 / AFP
