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Lebanon’s president appealed to Saudi Arabia on Saturday to explain why Saad Hariri had not returned to Beirut since his surprise resignation as prime minister a week ago.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tHariri announced on November 4 in a televised statement from Riyadh that he would be stepping down from his post, shocking the Lebanese political class, AFP reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe premier has yet to return to Lebanon and rumors have swirled that he was being held in Saudi Arabia against his will.<\/p>\n

\n\tPresident Michel Aoun on Saturday called on the kingdom to “clarify the reasons that have prevented the return of PM Hariri to Lebanon to be among his people and supporters.”<\/p>\n

\n\tAoun has yet to formally accept Hariri’s resignation and has criticized the circumstances surrounding it as “unacceptable.”<\/p>\n

\n\tHariri accused Iran and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah resistance movement of meddling in Arab countries\u2019 affairs, an allegation the two have repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd after a week outside Lebanon, rumors have circled that Hariri \u2013 who also holds Saudi nationality \u2013 is under de facto house arrest in the kingdom.<\/p>\n

\n\t“The head of the Lebanese government is detained in Saudi Arabia, he is banned from returning to Lebanon until now,” Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\tMembers of Hariri’s own Al-Moustaqbal (Future) party said they had no information on his fate.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil announced on Friday he was launching a “diplomatic campaign to bring back the head of our government of his own free will.”<\/p>\n

\n\tEven world powers have appealed for calm and Hariri’s freedom of movement.<\/p>\n

\n\tUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday described Hariri as “a strong partner” and warned against “any party, within or outside Lebanon, using Lebanon as a venue for proxy conflicts or in any manner contributing to instability in that country”.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Friday, a spokesman for France’s Foreign Ministry said: “We wish Mr. Saad Hariri to have all his freedom of movement and to be fully able to play the essential role that is his in Lebanon.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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