UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the UN chief's spokesperson said Sunday. Over the years, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon held in absentia proceedings and found three members of the Hezbollah party guilty in connection with Hariri's death in a massive Feb. 14, 2005 truck bombing.
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Lebanon has faced public anger on Friday after it abstained from voting on a UN General Assembly resolution to form an independent body to look into the fate of thousands of people who remain missing in Syria since the war broke out in 2011.
French presidential to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Beirut on Wednesday for talks with leaders as bitter divisions continue to plague the crisis-hit country. Le Drian's three-day visit comes a week after lawmakers failed for a 12th time to elect a new president, drawing condemnation from the international community. Bitter divisions between the Iran-backed Hezbollah party and its opponents now risk miring Lebanon further in a protracted power vacuum.