Hoss: Assad Supports International Tribunal (mmmmm fi elmishmish)

Hoss: Assad Supports International Tribunal
Former Premier Salim Hoss said after a visit to Damascus that Syrian President Bashar Assad supports the creation of an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.
Hoss told state-run TeleLiban channel (TL) after winding a one-day visit to Damascus on Monday that Assad "informed me he is not against the international tribunal and that he is with everything the Lebanese agree upon."

The Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, said Hoss and Assad discussed the repercussions of tensions in both Iraq and the Palestinian territories as well as security situations in Lebanon and Syria.

Hoss, who met with King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, stressed that he was not acting as a mediator between the feuding Lebanese sides.

He said that he asked King Abdullah whether there was a possibility to sponsor an agreement similar to that of Mecca between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya last week.

Hoss told TL that he will also be visiting Tehran "very soon."