Syria appoints judicial committee to investigate Hariri killing
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday formed a special judicial committee to conduct a state investigation into Syrian involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The committee will be led...
US, France threaten economic sanctions against Syria over Hariri probe
The United States and France circulated a draft UN resolution Tuesday that demands that Syria fully cooperate with a UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and threatens economic sanctions should...
Annan receives report on Hariri murder, Lebanon awaits findings
Top UN investigator Detlev Mehlis on Thursday turned a report over to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Annan is expected to send a copy of the report...
Syria has removed 81 judges and improved wages, taxes and insurance for the judicial branch as part of a series of reforms, government newspaper Ath-Thawra reported Wednesday. According to the paper, the reforms were ordered by...
Annan demands Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon under Security Council resolution
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a written statement Thursday demanding that Syria withdraw all troops from Lebanon prior to that countrys April and May parliamentary elections in order to ensure that the elections are free, fair, and conducted...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud agreed at a summit Monday that Syria would pull its troops back from their current positions in Lebanon and move to the Bekaa Valley...
Syrian officials have indicated that the country will soon begin to withdraw its troops from Lebanon in compliance with the Taif agreement , signed at the end of Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. Syria's move coincides with President Bush's speech...
