The Syrian parliament responded the next day by voting to bring treason charges against him , and the Baath Party expelled him . Following the Khaddam interview , the UN Commission headed by Detlev Mehlis investigating the Hariri murder said it had asked the Syrian authorities to question Bashar Assad and Syria 's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa . He met with the UN investigators searching for the Hariri assassination in Paris in January 2006 . His accusations against Assad and his inner circle regarding the Hariri assassination also grew more explicit : Khaddam said he believed that Assad ordered Hariri 's assassination
the Hariri assassination
Assassination of Rafic Hariri
Abdul Halim Khaddam