BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fifteen years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, Hezbollah has risen to power in a country that is now collapsing in the midst of a series of devastating crises. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the damaged port area in the aftermath of …
Read More »Rafic Hariri ruling: UN tribunal finds just 1 Hezbollah militant guilty in assassination of former Lebanese prime minister
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, center, is seen arriving in a car in Beirut, flanked on the right by his security chief Yahya Arab, moments before his motorcade was hit by a massive truck bomb, in which both men and about 20 others were killed. , on February 14, …
Read More »UN tribunal convicts chief prosecutor in case of murder of Hariri
LEIDSCHENDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) – A UN-backed tribunal on Tuesday condemned a member of Iran-backed Hezbollah for plotting to assassinate former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between the political forces of Lebanon. People wave Lebanese flags at the …
Read More »UN tribunal: Chief representative in Hariri’s assassination was Hezbollah member
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) – The main suspect in the trial of four men accused of conspiracy to assassinate former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was a member of Hezbollah and used a mobile phone critical in the attack, judges said. a UN-backed tribunal said on Tuesday. Judge David Re, presiding …
Read More »Judge of Lebanon Tribunal: No evidence of Hezbollah leadership involvement in Hariri assassination
Judge David Re, presiding judge, Judge Janet Nosworthy and Judge Micheline Braidy attend a session of the UN-backed Lebanon Tribunal, which will rule on the case of four men who are being tried in absentia for the bombing. in 2005 who already assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik -Hariri and 21 …
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