LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, May 10 (UPI) -- The defense team for suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says the special tribunal lacks jurisdiction to try the case. The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for ...

TEHRAN-- An Iranian documentary film on the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was discussed during a meeting in Tehran. “1559” disclosed almost all documents about this issue, director Mohammadreza Abolhassani on Tuesday during the ...

The apprehended gunman, Hani Ash-Shanti who holds a Lebanese passport, is part of a 13-member group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and was linked to the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the sources said. The early morning standoff was ...

The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) is looking to go local from next year. Ali Al Naqbi, founding chairman of the organization, confirmed here at the EBACE show that the association has chosen Beirut, Lebanon, as the site for the ...

Defence lawyers at Wednesday's hearing dismissed calls for the death penalty as having no basis in law, TAP said. Former interior minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem is among those facing charges over the deaths.

"It is amazing; all the factions are represented," said Rafik Yousseff, 52, an engineer and Christian who said he planned to vote for Amr Moussa, a secular-minded former foreign minister, but welcome the Islamists participation. "Rise up, Egyptians!"

Joy News' Upper West Region correspondent Rafik Salam reported the conference was to bring to the fore the unprecedented developments in the region and more importantly the urgent need to unite. It was also to correct what the constituency say were ...

But it is troubling nonetheless. Lebanon has been divided along pro- and anti-Syrian lines since at least 2005, when Sunni leader and former premier Rafik Hariri was assassinated in a blast his supporters blamed on Syria and its local allies.

In addition, the prosecutor's office said former Interior Minister Rafik Kacem and dozens of other former officials now awaiting a military court's verdict should get the "maximum" sentence short of death, according to TAP. Ben Ali already has been ...