BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Lebanon must remain calm during the holy month of Ramadan as tensions mount during a probe into the slaying of a former prime minister, the government said.
Riyadh and Damascus are urging Lebanese politicians to remain calm as Beirut braces for indictments from the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
The STL is probing the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hezbollah and Syria are believed to have played a role in the plot. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah last week unveiled evidence he said links Israel to the plot, however.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the son of the slain political leader, called on lawmakers to exercise calm as the probe intensifies, Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper reports. UPI
