Asharq al-Awsat: Western intelligence warned Hariri of death plot
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BEIRUT - Western intelligence agencies warned former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri of an assassination plot against him, the Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Sunday.
It cited unnamed sources close to Hariri.
However, al-Mayadin, a Lebanese news channel, reported that Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's General Security, told it that he was not aware of any information about an assassination plot against political figures in Lebanon.
Asharq al-Awsat reported that the sources "revealed that he had received Western warnings of an assassination attempt that was prepared against him." It did not give further details of the alleged plot.
