A main suspect in the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, has reportedly been arrested in Dubai.Mohammed Zuhair Siddiq, a purported Syrian intelligence officer, was arrested on Friday in Dubai and Syria has requested that he be extradited, an Arab diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case, said on Sunday.The United Arab Emirates' foreign ministry was unable to confirm whether Siddiq was living in the country and did not know if he had been arrested.Siddiq was once considered a witness who gave evidence to officials from the UN commission investigating the 2005 assassination.But his information had eventually been discredited and he was arrested in France in October 2005 as a primary suspect.
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