Lebanese sources: Syrians will be accused of assassinating Hariri

Lebanese diplomatic and political source expected that the chairman of the UN investigation committee into the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri will implicate Syrian officials of involvement in the assassination of Hariri.

A Lebanese political source said that all "indicators say that Mehlis (Detlev Mehlis is the lead UN investigator) will get certain Syrian officials involved in the case," noting that "such a measure will place Syria under international pressures to hand over the suspects for trial, and will intensify the calls for the resignation of the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud."

Such a controversy is expected to create more instability in Lebanon which has been witnessing since the assassination of al-Hariri on February 14, the worst wave of explosions and acts of assassination since the end of the civil war in 1990.

Political sources said after Mehlis's visit to Syria, Syrian officials said that their country cooperated with the UN committee and that the investigator had no one Syrian suspect.

Mehlis whose investigations results will be announced in October did not disclose the details of the investigations.

Another Lebanese political source said that the work of the investigators has already been completed and that they reached results, noting that Mehlis will address the accusation to Syrian officials.