Syria 'threatened' Lebanese PM

The Australian: SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad threatened former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri just months before he was assassinated, Syria's ex-vice president Abdel Halim Khaddam said overnight.

"I will destroy anyone who tries to hinder our decisions," Mr Assad told Mr Hariri during a meeting in Damascus, Mr Khaddam said on the Dubai-based television station Al-Arabiya in an interview from Paris in which he also announced his resignation.