PM vows to cooperate with Hariri tribunal

Lebanon's Prime Minister said would continue to cooperate with the UN-backed Lebanon's government won parliament's vote of confidence on Thursday, as the prime minister vowed that his cabinet would cooperate with a UN-backed court charging Hezbollah operatives in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.
After the country's pro-Western opposition walked out moments before the vote, Prime Minister Najib Mikati's Hezbollah-dominated government secured 68 out of a possible 128 votes in parliament, where the Iranian-backed Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies hold a slight majority,
"The government confirms it will continue the path of the tribunal ... and continue to cooperate in this regard as per the UN Security Council Resolution which set up the tribunal to see justice served," Mikati said ahead of the vote.
Last week, the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued an indictment in the assassination of Hariri, a powerful Saudi-backed Sunni billionaire and politician, and ordered the arrest of four Hezbollah members over the murder.