A United Nations investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has implicated high-ranking Syrian officials, casting suspicion on a brother in law of Syrian President Bashar al Assad and other members of Assad’s inner circle. It also implicates top Lebanese officials. The United States now appears to be intensifying its campaign for economic sanctions against Syria. The United States, France and Britain have discussed a possible U.N. resolution as a follow-up to the report. Diplomats in Lebanon told Reuters news agency that economic sanctions could be on the table when the UN Security Council meets on October 25 to discuss the report. Syria blasted the report, calling it “far from truth.”