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Syria freezes assets of Hariri, Saqr: report
In this June 12, 2009 file photo, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an interview at the Grand Serail in Beirut, Lebanon. (Grace Kassab/The Daily Star)
In this June 12, 2009 file photo, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an interview at the Grand Serail in Beirut, Lebanon. (Grace Kassab/The Daily Star)
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BEIRUT: Syria’s Finance Ministry has frozen the assets of Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Future Movement MP Oqab Saqr, Syrian media reported this week.

Quoting a statement issued by the ministry, the media said the state "has frozen liquid and non-liquid assets for Saadeddine Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister ... and Oqab Saqr."

The statement added that the ministry also undertook such measures against the spokesperson of the Free Syrian Army Louay al-Meqdad.

The three are accused “of funding terrorist acts in various areas and [the measure comes] in accordance with paragraph one of Article 4 from the anti-terrorism law."

 
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Syria's Finance Ministry has frozen the assets of Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Future Movement MP Oqab Saqr, Syrian media reported this week.
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