A Big Day in Lebanon: STL Indictment Officially Issued

As was previously leaked, the indictment contains names belonging to Hezbollah like Mustapha Badreddine, an operative who is close to the late(?) Imad Mughnieh, in addition to previously unknown Hezbollah operatives like Salim Ayyash and Hassan Issa (details are being leaked on news channels as I’m writing this)

There will be a lot of noise about the fact that some names were leaked previously. This will be used as evidence that the STL is a political process. But a process that has holes in it is not a process that is fundamentally flawed.

All eyes are now on the Mikati government, which has apparently been waiting for the indictment before finalizing its ministerial statement..

Your comments, updates and analysis will be greatly appreciated..