Mayoritas anggota parlemen anti-Suriah di Lebanon menuduh Damaskus menghalangi pembentukan mahkamah internasional itu, dan sejumlah menteri kabinet pro-Suriah mundur November lalu yang menimbulkan krisis politik.
The anti-Syrian parliamentary majority in Lebanon has accused Damascus of blocking the creation of the tribunal, and a string of pro-Syrian cabinet ministers resigned last November over the issue, setting off an acute political crisis.