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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Lebanon’s PM says he will return in next 2 days
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who plunged the country into crisis with his surprise resignation during a trip to Saudi Arabia, says he will return home in the next two days.
In his first tweet in more than a week, Hariri tells his followers that he is okay, and that he will be returning without his family, who will stay “in their home” in Saudi Arabia.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun has refused to accept the November 4 resignation, which came under mysterious circumstances, until Hariri returns to the country.
Lebanon has insisted the resignation was forced by Hariri’s Saudi patrons and that he is being kept in the kingdom against his will. Hariri denied those reports in a Sunday TV interview and said he’ll return to Lebanon within days.
— AP
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