On 30 December 2005, former Syrian vice-president Abdul Halim Khaddam in a televised interview implicated President Assad in the assassination and said that Assad personally threatened Hariri in the months before his death.
Den 30 december 2005 antydde den förre syriske vicepresidenten Abdul Halim Khaddam i en TV-intervju att president Assad var inblandad i mordet och sade att Assad personligen hotade Hariri under månaderna före hans död.