Implication in Rafic Hariri assassination Hassan Khalil was one of several high-ranking Syrian government and military officials identified in a draft of the United Nations
Mehlis Report, which was mistakenly released as a Microsoft Word document retaining all edits since its creation. This draft implicated them in the assassination of
Rafic Hariri. However, the final Mehlis Report did not specifically name any Syrian government officials as responsible for the assassination. The Syrian ambassador to Washington, Imad Mustafa, criticized the report, stating it was “full of political rumors, gossip, and hearsay.” ==References==