Autumn Suspense in Lebanon III: Prime Minister’s Office on the Brink

... Resolve its Regional Issues On November 4, 2017, Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri announced his resignation on Saudi television. In his speech, Hariri accused Iran of spreading discord in the region, motivated by hatred for Arabs, and called Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement “Iran’s arm in Lebanon and other Arab countries” (meaning, of course, Syria). The Lebanese politician, who holds Saudi citizenship and owns Saudi Oger (a construction company that declared bankruptcy in the summer), arrived in the Kingdom on November ...