Saad Hariri

Three week-long suspense over Saad Hariri's absence ends after 'Lebanon PM' returns home

Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri has returned to his home country, on the eve of its Independence Day and after a nearly three-week absence dominated by his surprise resignation.

Saad Hariri announces return to Lebanon for nation's Independence Day as political crisis simmers

Saad Hariri said he will return to Lebanon for Independence Day celebrations and explain his situation after his shock resignation announcement in Saudi Arabia sparked political turmoil

Emmanuel Macron welcomes Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri at Elysee Palace in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri for talks, hours after the Lebanese premier arrived from Saudi Arabia in the midst of a political crisis

Experts believe Qatar-like blockade against Lebanon will be 'serious threat' to economy

Lebanese politicians and bankers believe Saudi Arabia intends to do to their country what it did to Qatar - corral Arab allies into enforcing an economic blockade unless its demands are met.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns new conflict in Lebanon would be 'devastating' following PM Saad Hariri's resignation

Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri resigned in a shock announcement broadcast from Riyadh as a power struggle intensified between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Lebanon crisis: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah accuses Saudi Arabia of detaining Saad Hariri

Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday accused Saudi Arabia of detaining Prime Minister Saad Hariri and of asking the Shiite movement's arch-foe Israel to launch strikes.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman swears in new ministers to replace those detained in large-scale sweep

Saudi King Salman on Monday swore in new officials to take over from a powerful prince and former minister believed to be detained in a large-scale sweep that has shocked the country and upended longstanding traditions within the ruling family.

Gulf diplomatic crisis: Bahrain issues travel advisory for Lebanon, warns citizens to exercise extreme caution

Bahrain urged its citizens to avoid travelling to Lebanon and advised those already in the country to leave immediately for their safety.

Lebanon PM Saad Hariri announces resignation, says he fears assassination plot amid tensions with Hezbollah

Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri on Saturday resigned from his post during a trip to Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that plunged the country into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions.

Lebanon-Syrian border plan begins to restore order; bodies of dead fighters exchanged

Hezbollah and a Syrian affiliate to Al-Qaeda exchanged the bodies of dead fighters along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday.