In the final of a three-part series, Syria's late former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam reveals that Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher misled Rafic Hariri before his assassination.
In Part 2 of a three-part series, Syria's former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam recalls a stormy meeting between the Syrian and Lebanese leaders just months before Hariri was killed
Introduction by Ali El Shamy
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