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A UN-backed investigator on Saturday reported “considerable progress” in his probe of a former Lebanese prime minister’s assassination and said most of his work could be wrapped up in several months.
The second report from Belgian prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s investigators said Syria–which had been accused of obstructing the probe into Rafik Hariri’s death–has cooperated in a “generally satisfactory” manner. The team sought an extension of up to one year to finish its work.
Some senior-level Syrian officials have been implicated in the Feb. 14, 2005, bombing that killed Hariri–a quiet opponent of Syrian domination in Lebanon–and 22 others.
Brammertz was expected to brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
