Lebanon frees generals held in Hariri killing after UN-backed tribunal orders their release

BEIRUT — Lebanon released four generals held for nearly four years in the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after a U.N.-backed tribunal ordered them freed on Wednesday, setting off celebrations with fireworks and dancing.

Lebanon begins releasing generals held in killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri

BEIRUT — Authorities in Lebanon have begun releasing four generals held for four years on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after an international judge ordered them released.

Judge at UN-backed tribunal on Hariri killing orders Lebanese generals’ release

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of four pro-Syrian generals being held in a Beirut prison for the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

Judge at UN-backed tribunal on Hariri killing to rule on Lebanese generals’ detention

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — A judge at the U.N.-backed tribunal set up to prosecute former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassins will make a ruling Wednesday on whether to keep the only suspects in the suicide bombing in custody.