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Rafik Hariri and the Assad regime: From 'arranged marriage' to bloody divorce

In the late 1990s, the rise of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri became too cumbersome for a new Syrian guard with an insatiable appetite.

Rafik Hariri and the Assad regime: From 'arranged marriage' to bloody divorce

Ghazi Kanaan bids farewell to Rafik Hariri, accompanied by Colonel Rustom Ghazale, who succeeds him as the head of Syrian intelligence services in Lebanon, on Oct. 1, 2002. Archives L’Orient-Le Jour.

Feb. 13, 2005. Around $67,000 are sent by former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to the strongman of Damascus in Lebanon, Rustom Ghazaleh, head of Syrian military intelligence operations in Lebanon since 2002. Neither the amount nor the...
Feb. 13, 2005. Around $67,000 are sent by former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to the strongman of Damascus in Lebanon, Rustom Ghazaleh, head of Syrian military intelligence operations in Lebanon since 2002. Neither the amount nor the...