Rafic Hariri
Videos
Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004.
Hariri in 2004
Hariri's former residence in Paris
Beirut Central District, which was developed significantly under Hariri's tenure as Prime Minister.
U.S. President George W. Bush and Hariri meeting in the White House
On 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri was assassinated along with 21 others in an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Explosives equivalent to around 1,000 kilograms of TNT were
Rafic Hariri
…withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, ending an 18-year old occupation, while his government solidified relations with Ba'athist Syria. On 14 February 2005, Hariri was assassinated in a suicide truck bomb explosion in Beirut. Four Hezbollah members of Unit 121 were indicted for the assassination and were tried in absentia by the…
A Lebanese Internal Security Forces officer guarding the site of the assassination
Memorial shrine to Hariri
Rue Minet al Hosn where Hariri was assassinated
Bashar al-Assad is widely regarded to have approved the assassination. International investigations revealed direct participation of members in the highest echelons of the Syrian government.