Lebanon's Prime Minister, Back From Saudi Arabia, Is Not Resigning After All
Saad Hariri will remain in his role — despite an address he gave from Riyadh saying he'd step down. The about-face is more fuel for speculation that Saudi Arabia was forcing him to resign.
by Camila Domonoske
Nov 22, 2017
2 minutes
Updated at 10:20 a.m. ET
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will be remaining in power, at least for now â despite the strange address he gave more than two weeks ago, while he was in Saudi Arabia, stating that he planned to resign.
The about-face comes shortly after Hariri returned to Beirut from that trip. The unusual events of his
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