Operatives convicted in absentia of assassinating Rafik Hariri are unlikely to serve time as terror group refuses to hand them over; third man sentenced earlier also still at large

Pair unlikely to serve as terror group has refused to hand them over; UN-backed tribunal found earlier ruling 'erred' with claim of lack of evidence of Syria, Hezbollah involvement

Judges at Netherlands-based court say panel 'erred' in acquitting two men, together with a third, over lack of evidence in 2020 — all suspected Hezbollah operatives

Salim Ayyash was found guilty in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing of former Lebanese prime minister in 2005 bombing in Beirut

UN-backed tribunal convicted Salim Jamil Ayyash in 2020 for his part in the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri

Fugitive Salim Ayyash found guilty of murder and terrorism over 2005 suicide bombing that killed Sunni billionaire politician and injured 226 others; he remains on the run

Prosecutors have said a life term is the 'only just and proportionate sentence' for Salim Ayyash, who the Lebanese terror group refuses to hand over

Relatives of Salim Ayyash, who was found guilty of involvement in Rafik Hariri's assassination, claims he was on hajj in Saudi Arabia when Lebanon's ex-PM was killed in 2005 blast

Saudi Arabia also calls for terror group to be punished after Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Asalim Ayyash guilty in 2005 suicide bombing that killed ex-Lebanon PM

Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Asalim Ayyash guilty in 2005 suicide bombing that killed Rafik Hariri, but says no evidence terror group's leadership involved