Hariri

Hariri crime gang members arrested on busy Tel Aviv street in daylight operation

Footage circulated from the scene shows several suspects restrained on the ground before being taken into custody by masked police officers.

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.
Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.

WATCH: Dozens arrested in ongoing countrywide weapons, drug trafficking raid led by Lahav 433

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.

Seven members of Hariri organization indicted for extortion, threats, planting of explosive devices

Israel Police arrest senior organized crime leader, April 2026.

Police arrest Hariri crime family members in raid for extortion, using explosives


Hariri named as Lebanon's new prime minister

Any new government will have to contend with a financial meltdown worsening by the day, a COVID-19 outbreak and the fallout of the massive explosion at Beirut port.

Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 12, 2020

Special Court convicts 1 of 5 Hezbollah members of killing ex-Lebanese PM

Three Hezbollah officials acquitted, doubt regarding dead official

Workers prepare a giant poster depicting Lebanon's assassinated former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon February 12, 2010

For some Lebanese, UN tribunal's Hariri ruling is not enough

Some Lebanese, including victims of the attack who waited 15 years for a verdict, voiced disbelief at the acquittal of three other Hezbollah members.

A billboard of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri is displayed along a street in Beirut

Who killed Rafik Hariri?

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (the STL) was voted into existence by the UN Security Council in 2007 and formally established in 2009.

Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt pays his respects at the grave of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

Lebanon braces for tribunal verdict 15 years after Hariri assassination

Hezbollah, which is both a political party in Lebanon’s government and a heavily armed militia, denies any role in Hariri’s killing.

A Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla looks at a fire rising from a burning object in a Beirut suburb, Lebanon July 17, 2006.

Card-carrying Hezbollah member condemns group in TV interview

"With my own eyes, I saw people eating from the trash," he recalled. "We all support the resistance against Israel, but we are dying of hunger. One needs to eat in order to fight."

Demonstrators form a human chain during ongoing anti-government protests in Sidon, Lebanon October 27, 2019

Lebanon to convene talks on new prime minister on Monday

Sunni businessman Samir Khatib is seen as the frontrunner.

Protestors celebrate after Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri announced his resignation in Beirut, Lebanon October 29, 2019

IRGC's Qassem Soleimani visits Baghdad as Iraqi PM resigns - report

Soleimani was also sent to Iraq in October to help advise the government on the crackdown.

Qasem Soleimani, commander of IRGC Quds Force

Lebanon's PM Hariri wishes to quit, President Aoun searches replacement

Lebanon's president Michel Aoun will hold binding consultations with members of parliament on Thursday to designate the country's next prime minister.

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri speaks during a news conference in Beirut

Lebanon mired deeper in crisis after Safadi withdrawal

The unrest has kept banks shut for most of the last month.

Instability in Lebanon