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October 18, 2011

Now Lebanon - Al-Akhbar: Assad says STL funding is ‘a Lebanese affair’, October 18, 2011

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted by unnamed Syrian sources as saying that he is “not concerned” with Lebanon’s decision to pay its share of funding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.
According to the sources, Assad said that the decision regarding paying Lebanon’s share of STL funding is “up to the Lebanese people.”
Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the UN-backed court, which is investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.
Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati has repeatedly voiced Lebanon’s commitment to the STL. Mikati’s cabinet, which is dominated by the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition, was granted parliament’s vote of confidence on July 7.

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