UN Tribunal Convicts Hezbollah Defendant in Hariri Assassination Case

By Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A U.N.-backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Hezbollah group of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanon’s political forces. Hariri, a Sunni Muslim … Continue reading UN Tribunal Convicts Hezbollah Defendant in Hariri Assassination Case