PARIS - French police arrested a former Syrian intelligence officer who is considered an important witness in a UN probe of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, police and judicial officials said Monday. (...)
Al-Siddiq, 45, has been billed by Arab media as being a leading witness in the probe by chief UN investigator Detlev Mehlis of Hariri's killing earlier this year. (...)
Beirut newspaper Al-Mustaqbal went further, accusing Al-Siddiq of being an accomplice in the planning and execution of the bombing that killed Hariri. The newspaper is owned by the Hariri family.
The Syrians have sought to discredit Al-Siddiq as being a wanted man at home for fleeing his military service and for fraud, according to media reports.
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