UN tribunal says Syrian government, Hezbollah not involved in Hariri assassination

A man rides a motorbike past a billboard bearing a picture of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, on a street in his southern hometown city of Sidon (Saida), on August 18, 2020. - On February 14, 2005, the former Premier, who embodied the reconstruction of the country after its 1975-1990 civil war was killed in a monster bomb attack on his convoy. The special tribunal trying the four suspects accused of the assassination is expected to deliver its verdict today. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP) (Phot

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Judges David Re (up, R) and Janet Nosworthy (up, L) are seen before the start of the session of the Lebanon Tribunal in Leidschendam, on Dec. 11, 2020, where the sentence was set for Salim Jamil Ayyash, a member of the Hezbollah militant group who was convicted of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others 15 years ago. Ayyash, 57, was found guilty in absentia of murder and terrorism on Aug. 18 by the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon over the

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UN tribunal says Syrian government, Hezbollah not involved in Hariri assassination

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