4 November 2017

✸Saad Hariri held in Saudi Arabia

Other regions#Hariri & the tribunal #State, elections & cabinets

AttackerSaudi Arabia➜TargetRafik Hariri / Future MovementGovernment

On 4 November 2017 Saad Hariri announced his resignation from Riyadh on a Saudi channel in a speech attacking Iran and Hezbollah; President Aoun refused to accept it, holding that Hariri was being detained, and France intervened to get him out two weeks later.

Nasrallah: Hariri's resignation is a Saudi decision and he is being held ▼

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Nasrallah: Hariri's resignation is a Saudi decision and he is being held Hariri withdraws his resignation

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