PRESIDENT ASSAD, OTHER TOP SYRIAN OFFICIALS THREATENED LATE LEBANESE PM HARIRI -FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
Assad, other Syrians, threatened Hariri -Khaddam
DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other top officials threatened former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri who was assassinated in February, a former Syrian vice president said.
"Hariri received many threats," Abdel-Halim Khaddam told Al Arabiya television in an interview aired on Friday. "Assad told me he had delivered some very, very harsh words to Hariri ... something like 'I will crush anyone who tries to disobey us'."
A U.N. probe into Hariri's killing has implicated senior Syrian officials.