Lebanon backtracks on ICC jurisdiction to probe alleged war crimes

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BEIRUT - Lebanon has reversed a move to authorise the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes on its soil, prompting a prominent rights group to deplore what it called the loss of an"historic opportunity" for justice.

Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib never filed the requested declaration and on Tuesday the cabinet published an amended decision that omitted mention of the ICC, saying Lebanon would file complaints to the United Nations instead. Hezbollah and Amal have both fired rockets into Israel, killing eight civilians and displacing around 60,000 people from towns near the border since October.

Information Minister Ziad Makary, the government spokesman, said that he had backed the initial decision and would"continue to explore other international tribunals to render justice" despite the reversal.

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