On February 11, 2014, the Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ruled orally that the case against Hassan Habib Merhi should be joined with the case against Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra.  According to the press release, the Trial Chamber will issue a written decision “in due course.”  All five accused have been indicted for their alleged role in the February 2005 attack that killed twenty-two people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.  The trial in the Prosecutor v. Ayyash et al. case commenced on January 16, 2014.