A state-run Syrian newspaper on Tuesday dismissed as "unjust" the newly adopted UN Security Council resolution demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.

"The Security Council which is under the control of the American administration and its satellite western regimes yesterday issued a resolution reflecting this unjust policy against Syria," the official Syria Times said in an editorial, stressing "the resolution was based on false report."

The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a Western- sponsored resolution demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into Hariri's killing, saying the Security Council would consider "further action" if Syria did not comply.

The paper lashed out at the US administration's "unswerving impression" against Syria, saying the United States wrongly accused Syria of "being a source of instability in the region in general, and in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq in particular".

Illustrating the continued US occupation of Iraq, the Israeli occupation of Arab lands and the US intervention in the internal affairs of Lebanon, the paper questioned "is this not a threat to peace and security?"

"The aim of Washington was to make Syria quit its independent national policy and obey orders from it," the paper asserted.

Chief UN investigator Detlev Mehlis released an interim report on Oct. 20, saying there was "converging evidence" of Syrian and Lebanese involvement in the killing of Hariri, who was killed in a powerful car bomb blast in Beirut on Feb. 14.

Syria consistently denied any involvement and dismissed the findings as politically motivated and far from truth.

The United States, France and Britain sponsored a draft resolution last Tuesday, but dropped the specific reference to the threat of economic sanctions in a last-minute concession to secure unanimous vote for the resolution in the Security Council meeting on Monday.

Syria withdrew its troops and intelligence agents from Lebanon in late April after Hariri's death sparked widespread anti-Syrian protests in Lebanon and growing international pressure.

Source: Xinhua