Lebanese politicians announced Wednesday they have reached a deal to fund a UN-backed court investigating the 2005 killing of statesman Rafik al-Hariri. Controversy over payment of court costs had threatened to collapse the Lebanese government.
This week we show you a special report from Israel on the limited role of Arab Israelis in the country's biggest social movement in decades. In Iraq, as well as the worst violence in over a year, the people are forced to deal with a rise in kidnappings. And bringing evidence of Syria's brutality to the world, we check in the France 24 Observers team as they verify footage from activists on the ground.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (pictured) has blasted the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for indicting four Hezbollah members for alleged involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
Lebanese authorities on Friday confirmed the names of the four Hizbollah members charged by a UN court in connection with the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
The UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister, Rafiq Hariri (pictured), has delivered indictments and four arrest warrants, which implicate Hezbollah members in the murder.
The protests in Egypt are widely relayed online. Lebanese web users comment on the political tensions in the country. And a Canadian student shows Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings in a different light.
As regional mediation efforts fail, is it back to the brink of civil war in Lebanon ? Guests mull over what went wrong in joint Saudi-Syrian mediation and explain why is the investigation into one man's assassination – former premier Rafik Hariri – is enough to trigger a regional crisis.
As regional mediation efforts fail, is it back to the brink of civil war in Lebanon? Guests mull over what went wrong in joint Saudi-Syrian mediation and explain why the investigation into one man's assassination – former premier Rafiq Hariri – is enough to trigger a regional crisis.
The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon says its prosecutor has issued indictments for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, a week after a dispute about the tribunal caused the government to collapse.
As Lebanon begins consultations on a new government, a UN prosecutor is expected to file indictments in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri amid fears that charges against Hezbollah could ignite sectarian violence in the country.
