Syria seeks arrests over Hariri probe

A Lebanese general held for four years over the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri said on Sunday a Syrian judge had issued arrest warrants for 33 people over false testimony to investigators.

Jamil al-Sayyed, a pro-Syrian former security general, said a judge in Damascus issued the warrants in absentia for "the conspiracy of the false witnesses ... during the investigation into the criminal assassination of Rafik al-Hariri". (Reuters)