CNBC/Reuters: Lebanon accuses Saudi Arabia of holding its PM hostage
* Hariri says he is fine, will return soon
* French foreign minister aims to meet Hariri Thursday
* Saudi, Iran tussle for sway in Lebanon
Lebanon's president on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of holding hostage prime minister Saad al-Hariri along with his family - the first time he has explicitly said he was being held - and called this an act of aggression.
"We will not accept him remaining a hostage whose reason for detention we do not know," President Michel Aoun said in a statement.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, the head of Aoun's political party, said the situation was "not normal" but that Beirut wanted "good relations" with Riyadh.
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Update #1: Lebanon president: Saudi also holding Hariri's family -- Reuters
Update #2: Michel Aoun: Nothing justifies Saad Hariri's detention (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has responded .... Hariri reiterates he will soon be back in Lebanon (Arab News).
2 comments:
Aoun is not a free man. Once the Israelis left, the Syrians had the time and the weight to wear down all non-Shia actors in Lebanon.
Two days ago, Harriri said he would return to Lebanon today,
Yet today, it's "soon" and in the press confrence, no smartwatch, no cell phone, same "minder", same Saudi scripted notes.
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