France, USA suggest sanctions against suspects in Hariri killing

Both the USA and France circulated a draft resolution at the UN asking Syria to detain any suspect Syrian in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.

The draft resolution says that Syria has to detain any Syrian official or citizen that the UN investigation committee may suspect in this act and to put them wholly under the disposal of the committee.

The draft resolution also states imposing individual sanctions as banning travel and freezing assets of suspected persons.

The UN Security Council started the session of discussing the report of the UN investigation committee of Detlive Mehlis over the assassination into Rafiq al-Hariri in the presence of the Syrian representative and the representative of the Lebanese government to the UN.