Tribunal Convicts Hezbollah Member in Hariri Assassination, Acquits Three Others

BEIRUT—An international tribunal convicted a member of Hezbollah of terrorism and homicide over the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 but acquitted three others and found no evidence that the militia and political group’s leadership was involved in the plot.

Tuesday’s verdict comes just two weeks after the deadly Beirut explosion and could heighten tensions in Lebanon. For many, it raises painful memories of an attack that deeply divided the country across political and sectarian lines….



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