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Egypt not mulling measures against Lebanon’s Hezbollah: Sisi
Nov 08, 2017 11:17Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says his country, a close Riyadh ally, is not considering taking measures against Hezbollah despite Saudi calls for sanctions against the Lebanese resistance movement.
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Lebanon’s Hariri travels to UAE after resigning as PM in Riyadh
Nov 07, 2017 09:56Lebanon’s Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri has reportedly left Saudi Arabia, where he announced his surprise resignation last week, for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hold talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Ale Nahyan.
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Lebanese president calls for national unity after Hariri resignation
Nov 06, 2017 16:50Lebanese President Michel Aoun has appealed for national unity as the Middle Eastern nation is suffering from the aftershocks of Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s sudden announcement resignation.
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Lebanon to only consider ‘voluntary’ resignation from Hariri
Nov 06, 2017 10:20Lebanese Justice Minister Salim Jreissati says Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s prime minister from Saudi Arabia on Saturday, should return to the country and his resignation should be “voluntary” to be formally considered by President Michel Aoun.
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Hariri was under pressure to resign his post: Nasrallah
Nov 05, 2017 15:44The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the country’s prime minister has been under pressure to resign his post.
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Lebanese army says it has not uncovered any assassination plans
Nov 05, 2017 15:23The Lebanese army says it has not uncovered any assassination plots in the Arab country after the country's resigned prime minister, Saad al-Hariri, said during a speech declaring his resignation that there was a plot to kill him.
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Hariri quit after Iran rejected Saudi request on Yemen: Informed source
Nov 05, 2017 12:04Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister after Iran turned down a request by Riyadh to stop supporting the oppressed Yemeni nation in the face of a deadly Saudi war, an informed Iranian source says.
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Saudi gamble risks plunging Lebanon into war
Nov 05, 2017 11:18Saad Hariri's sudden resignation from Lebanon's premiership, announced from Saudi Arabia, has raised fears that regional tensions were about to escalate and that the small country would once again pay a heavy price.
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Hariri resignation, US-Saudi-Zionist plot to heighten Mideast tensions: Iran
Nov 04, 2017 16:24Iran has vehemently rejected remarks by Saad Hariri, who has stepped down as Lebanon’s Prime Minister, saying his resignation and rehashing of the “unfounded and baseless” allegations regularly leveled by the Zionists, Saudis and the US are another scenario to create new tensions in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Lebanese PM Hariri resigns after trips to Saudi Arabia
Nov 04, 2017 11:27Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced his resignation in a speech broadcast from Saudi Arabia.