Man claims he was bribed to frame Syria UN Hariri probe

A man has claimed on Syrian state TV that he was bribed to accuse top Syrian officials of the murder of Rafik Hariri in his testimony to the UN commission into the former Lebanese premier’s assassination.

Husam Taher Husam, a former conscript in the Syrian army, alleged in a 75-minute interview last night that Saad Hariri, the son of the murdered Hariri, met him several months ago and offered him $1.3m (€1.1m) to testify against top Syrian officials.