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Lebanon's Hariri leaves Saudi for UAE, Future TV reports

Tue Nov 7, 2017 11:18:51

Lebanon's prime minister, Saad al-Hariri, who resigned on Saturday while he was in Saudi Arabia, has left Riyadh for Abu Dhabi to hold talks with the United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the Hariri-owned Future TV reported on Tuesday.

A Saudi-orchestrated resignation throws Lebanon into turmoil - Associated Press

Tue Nov 7, 2017 10:46:53

The abrupt resignation of Lebanon's prime minister was bizarre even by the often twisted standards of the country's politics.

Yemeni ex-President under house arrest in Saudi, barred from returning home - Associated Press

Tue Nov 7, 2017 09:24:14

Saudi Arabia has barred Yemen's ex-president, along with his sons, ministers and military officials, from returning home for months, Yemeni officials tell The Associated Press, a sign of how much the leader-in-exile has been deeply weakened in a war fought in his name by the Saudi-led coalition against Ansarullah in his country.

Saudi Arabia says Lebanon declares war, deepening crisis

Tue Nov 7, 2017 08:05:13

Saudi Arabia accused Lebanon on Monday of declaring war against it because of "aggression by Hezbollah", a dramatic escalation of a crisis threatening to destabilize the tiny Arab country.

Iran rejects Saudi-led coalition's "provocative, irresponsible" accusations

Tue Nov 7, 2017 07:27:29

Iran has rejected “destructive, irresponsible, provocative and baseless” allegations leveled by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, accusing Tehran of being behind a Saturday missile attack on Riyadh.

Saudi monarch hosts Lebanese PM after shock resignation

Mon Nov 6, 2017 14:09:39

Saudi King Salman met on Monday with former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri, less than 48 hours after he resigned as premier in a televised address from Riyadh.

Lebanon will consider Hariri’s resignation 'if voluntary'

Mon Nov 6, 2017 13:44:19

Lebanese Justice Minister Salim Jreissati says Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s prime minister from Saudi Arabia on Saturday, should return to the country and his resignation should be “voluntary” to be formally considered by President Michel Aoun.

Iraq Federal Court rules no region can secede after Kurdish independence bid

Mon Nov 6, 2017 12:53:44

Iraq's Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede from the country, reacting to a Kurdish vote for independence, a court spokesman said.

Saudis plan to replace Hariri with somebody else: Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah

Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:13:50

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement said that resignation of country’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri was a plan by Saudi Arabia in order to replace him with somebody else.

Saudi Arabia seals Yemen borders, accuses Iran over missile strike

Mon Nov 6, 2017 09:43:41

The Saudi-led coalition battling Huothi fighters in Yemen closed the country's air, sea and land borders Monday and accused Iran of being behind a weekend missile attack on Riyadh, saying it "may amount to an act of war".

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