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

Some supporters of the slain prime minister protested the verdict in Beirut on Tuesday.
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

A UN-backed tribunal convicted on Tuesday a Hezbollah affiliate in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The tribunal in the Netherlands also said the leadership of the Lebanese group and the Syrian government were not involved in the attack.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon declared that Salim Jamil Ayyash, who the court said was affiliated with the political and military organization Hezbollah, played a key role in the killing. Three other defendants were found not guilty, Reuters reported.

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