Assad Government Keeps Quiet about Tribunal Verdict, Loyalists Rejoice
Friday August 21st, 2020 by AL-MODON (Lebanese news website)
Following a ruling from the Hariri assassination tribunal, Syrian regime media has been oddly quiet, while there have been plenty of celebrations online reports Al-Modon.
The Syrian regime has adopted a total blackout of news about the tribunal related to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, which issued its verdict on Tuesday, despite indicating that “there is no evidence of Syrian and Hezbollah involvement in the assassination,” which was, of course, carried out for political reasons.
All court news was absent from political talk shows on Syrian channels, and in most newscasts as well. It was not reported on in any of the three official newspapers, either. Some news appeared on the website of Al-Watan, which quoted the judge in the Legislative Department of the Ministry of Justice, Ammar Bilal, who said that the court’s verdict, “proves the absence of any incriminating evidence of Syrian involvement in the assassination, which gives Syria the right to legally pursue those who have been pointing fingers over the course of the investigation,” as he put it.
