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| Syrian detained in Hariri killing | Syrian detained in Hariri killing |
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| A key suspect in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has been arrested in Dubai. | A key suspect in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has been arrested in Dubai. |
| Mohammed Zuhair al-Siddiq, a former Syrian intelligence officer, was detained on Sunday. | Mohammed Zuhair al-Siddiq, a former Syrian intelligence officer, was detained on Sunday. |
| Mr Siddiq was a witness to Hariri's killing, but the UN tribunal in the Hague has since named him as a suspect. | Mr Siddiq was a witness to Hariri's killing, but the UN tribunal in the Hague has since named him as a suspect. |
| There is widespread suspicion inside and outside Lebanon that Syria was involved in Hariri'S death in 2005, though Damascus denies this strongly. | There is widespread suspicion inside and outside Lebanon that Syria was involved in Hariri'S death in 2005, though Damascus denies this strongly. |
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| An international court convened in The Hague in March to try the suspects in the murder of Rafik Hariri. | |
| He was killed, along with 22 others, in a huge car bombing in February 2005 in central Beirut. His murder sparked an international outcry and eventually led to the withdrawal of the Syrian military from Lebanon in April 2005. | He was killed, along with 22 others, in a huge car bombing in February 2005 in central Beirut. His murder sparked an international outcry and eventually led to the withdrawal of the Syrian military from Lebanon in April 2005. |
| The court's Canadian prosecutor, Daniel Bellemare, has until the end of April to ask the Lebanese authorities for suspects to be transferred to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. | |
| He has said he would submit an indictment when satisfied that he had sufficient evidence. |