Hariri

Seven members of Hariri organization indicted for extortion, threats, planting of explosive devices

The filing of indictments and prosecutors’ statements followed a series of raids conducted in Arab villages and the West Bank on April 12, during which 11 suspects were arrested.

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.
Israel Police arrest senior organized crime leader, April 2026.

Police arrest Hariri crime family members in raid for extortion, using explosives

Border Police officers in Jerusalem, March 30, 2025 (illustration).

Police to indict five members of Hariri crime group in ‘Prince’ extortion case

 Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019.

Iranian FM Abbas Araqchi announces support for a ceasefire in Lebanon amid Beirut visit


For some Lebanese, UN tribunal's Hariri ruling is not enough

Some Lebanese, including victims of the attack who waited 15 years for a verdict, voiced disbelief at the acquittal of three other Hezbollah members.

A billboard of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri is displayed along a street in Beirut

Who killed Rafik Hariri?

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (the STL) was voted into existence by the UN Security Council in 2007 and formally established in 2009.

Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt pays his respects at the grave of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

Lebanon braces for tribunal verdict 15 years after Hariri assassination

Hezbollah, which is both a political party in Lebanon’s government and a heavily armed militia, denies any role in Hariri’s killing.

A Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla looks at a fire rising from a burning object in a Beirut suburb, Lebanon July 17, 2006.

Card-carrying Hezbollah member condemns group in TV interview

"With my own eyes, I saw people eating from the trash," he recalled. "We all support the resistance against Israel, but we are dying of hunger. One needs to eat in order to fight."

Demonstrators form a human chain during ongoing anti-government protests in Sidon, Lebanon October 27, 2019

Lebanon to convene talks on new prime minister on Monday

Sunni businessman Samir Khatib is seen as the frontrunner.

Protestors celebrate after Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri announced his resignation in Beirut, Lebanon October 29, 2019

IRGC's Qassem Soleimani visits Baghdad as Iraqi PM resigns - report

Soleimani was also sent to Iraq in October to help advise the government on the crackdown.

Qasem Soleimani, commander of IRGC Quds Force

Lebanon's PM Hariri wishes to quit, President Aoun searches replacement

Lebanon's president Michel Aoun will hold binding consultations with members of parliament on Thursday to designate the country's next prime minister.

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri speaks during a news conference in Beirut

Lebanon mired deeper in crisis after Safadi withdrawal

The unrest has kept banks shut for most of the last month.

Instability in Lebanon

Lebanon's grand mufti calls for protesters' demands to be met

The country is in political and economic turmoil after three weeks of nationwide protests that prompted Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri to resign last week.

Demonstrators carry national flags and gesture during an anti-government protest along a highway in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon October 21, 2019

Hariri resignation to have little immediate impact on Israel - expert

“And no one can deal with Hezbollah, including the Lebanese army, because of its strength,” he said.

Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri