UN-backed tribunal to hand down its verdict on four suspected Hezbollah members tried in absentia for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanon PM Rafik Hariri
Initially scheduled for August 7, the Dutch-based international court postponed its own verdict 15 years after Hariri's assassination"out of respect for the countless victims".
Initially scheduled for August 7, the Dutch-based international court postponed its own verdict 15 years after Hariri's assassination "out of respect for the countless victims". The court is billed as the world's first international tribunal set up to probe terrorist crimes, and it has cost at least $600 million since it opened its doors in 2009 following a UN Security Council resolution.
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