by Nazeer Rida | Jun 3, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut-The Special Tribunal for Lebanon adjourned on Thursday the proceedings in the trial of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri against the backdrop of differences in the viewpoint of the Trial Chamber and the attorneys for Mustafa Badreddine. The lawyers...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 5, 2015 | Opinion
We know little about the circumstances surrounding the majority of present or past events, be they wars, treaties, detentions, assassinations, or states of concord and discord. The reason being that the main actors do not tell the reality of the roles they played,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2015 | Middle East
United Nations, AP—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon authorized a three-year extension Friday of the mandate for the UN-backed tribunal prosecuting suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The suicide truck bomb that killed Hariri...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad told Rafik Hariri that he would “destroy Lebanon” if Hariri opposed the extension of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud’s term in office in 2004, Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh said on Wednesday during his testimony...
by Diana Moukalled | Jan 21, 2014 | Opinion
In Lebanon, murder has been adopted as a means to govern and wield power in public life. The country has the highest percentage of political assassinations in the world, taking into consideration its size and short history. Ever since Lebanon’s creation, an enforced...
