Former Vice President to Be Tried for Treason
Syria’s parliament recommended that former Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam be tried for treason after he said that President Bashar Assad had threatened a former Lebanese prime minister months before he was assassinated.
The bill recommending the trial passed unanimously at the end of a daylong session. The measure was sent to the Justice Ministry so it could prepare a case against Khaddam.
A U.N. inquiry has concluded that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence officials were involved in the Feb. 14 truck bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others in Beirut. Syria denies the charge.
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