Assad Warns against Political Interference in STL

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said on Friday that nobody will take seriously the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigating the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri if there is interference in its ruling.

In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, Assad said: "If the decision of the tribunal is based on evidence, everybody will accept its conclusions, not only Syria but also Lebanon."

"If there is a decision based on a simple suspicion or political interference, then at that moment nobody will take the tribunal's conclusions seriously," Assad stated at the end of a two-day visit to France.