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UN-Backed Court to Issue Verdict in 2005 Assassination of Lebanon's Hariri

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - On Tuesday, a U.N.-backed international tribunal in The
   Netherlands will announce its verdict in the 2005 assassination of
   former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a
   roadside bombing with 21 others as his convoy passed along the Beirut
   waterfront on Valentine's Day.'¯

   A U.N. Security Council resolution established the Special Tribunal for
   Lebanon (STL) in 2007, following a request from the government of
   Lebanon to the United Nations.

   The court's verdict comes at a delicate time for Lebanon. '¯'¯'¯

   The country has been rocked by a year of anti-government protests, a
   crippling financial crisis and COVID-19. And that was before the
   massive blast that tore through Beirut Port nearly two weeks ago,
   devastating a large portion of the capital and leading to the
   government's resignation.'¯'¯'¯

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