Syrian Prosecutor-General Ghada Murad has invited the chief UN investigator into the assassination of Rafik Hariri for talks on co-ordinating his probe with Syria’s newly appointed investigation.

The chief UN investigator into the assassination of a former Lebanese premier has summoned six senior Syrian intelligence officers, including President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law, for questioning, a Lebanese official said today.

SYRIA has responded angrily to a UN resolution warning that it faced possible further action if it refuses to cooperate with the UN investigation into the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Syria’s foreign minister went before the United Nations Security Council, angrily rejecting a resolution passed unanimously just an hour before, demanding that Damascus co-operate more with a probe into the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister.

HUNDREDS of thousands of Syrians rallied yesterday against a UN report implicating Damascus in the killing of Lebanon’s former prime minister as the government pulled out all the stops to show it enjoys support at home, if not abroad.

THE brother-in-law of Syria’s president has been implicated in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, according to a UN inquiry.

Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said today that three former Lebanese security chiefs and the commander of the Presidential Guards are suspects in the UN investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.