Lebanese PM Hariri Silent on Saudi Detainment, Threatens to Re-Resign
Saad Hariri refuses to talk about what was done to him in Saudi Arabia, but renews calls for foreign meddling into his own nation.
Saad Hariri refuses to talk about what was done to him in Saudi Arabia, but renews calls for foreign meddling into his own nation.
French President Macron has invited Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to Paris, a possible opportunity to determine whether Hariri’s sudden resignation, announced in Saudi Arabia, was coerced.
The strange case of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his surprise resignation, delivered in Saudi Arabia, has developed international overtones with rumors about his possible kidnapping by the Saudis and France extending an invitation for him to come to Paris before possibly returning to Lebanon. I spoke again to
Dennis J. Bernstein is a host of “Flashpoints” on the Pacifica radio network and the author of Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. You can access the audio archives at www.flashpoints.net.
Lebanon’s President Aoun said the interview was a Saudi move to sow “confusion, and we cannot take it as true or made by Hariri’s own free will.”
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By any standard imaginable, Lebanese (ex-) Prime Minister Saad Hariri's Sunday interview on the television station he owns – Future TV – was positively cringe-inducing. Speaking to journalist Paula Yacoubian, Hariri sought to dispel accusations made from the highest levels of the government he once headed – including his own Sunni
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Hariri has essentially been held incommunicado for over a week, even though a few heads of state have apparently been allowed to see him under the supervision of Saudi authorities.
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Kevin Gosztola
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Rania Khalek
When Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s plane landed in Saudi Arabia on November 3, his phone was confiscated. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not send an entourage to greet him like a dignitary. The next day, he appeared in a taped broadcast on a Saudi television station and read a statement that suggested he had
Kevin Gosztola is managing editor of Shadowproof Press. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, "Unauthorized Disclosure."
Understanding the man and the reasons behind the Saudi purge.
(Analysis) -- The ongoing purge in Saudi Arabia, together with the kidnapping and extorted “resignation” whilst on a trip to Saudi Arabia of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, is posing a host of questions about the man at the centre of this drama: the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the country’s de facto ruler Crown Prince
Alexander Mercouris is the Editor-in-Chief at The Duran.
The classified embassy cable, written in Hebrew, constitutes the first formal evidence proving that the Saudis and Israelis are deliberately coordinating to escalate the situation in the Middle East.
Early this morning, Israeli Channel 10 news published a leaked diplomatic cable which had been sent to all Israeli ambassadors throughout the world concerning the chaotic events that unfolded over the weekend in
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Saudi officials seem to be looking to turn a retaliatory missile-strike from Yemen into the start of a region-wide war, saying it amounted to a declaration of war against them by both Lebanon and Iran.
(ANALYSIS) -- Last week The Duran reported that on Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s rage-filled resignation address from the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Hariri, who is a duel Lebanese-Saudi citizen, leads the Lebanese party Future