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Lebanon PM Saad Al-Hariri announces surprise resignation
« on: November 04, 2017, 12:08:00 pm »
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Lebanon PM Saad Al-Hariri announces surprise resignation

BEIRUT: Lebanese prime minister Saad Al-Hariri resigned on Saturday in a televised broadcast, saying he feared a plot to target his life and criticizing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.

“We are living in a climate similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before the assassination of (his father the late prime minister) martyr Rafik al-Hariri. I have sensed what is being plotted covertly to target my life,” he said.



Continued at: http://www.arabnews.com/node/1188211/middle-east

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/04/lebanon-prime-minister-resigns-blames-iran-for-meddling-in-arab-affairs.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lebanon-pm-resigns-says-fears-life-114926499.html

Pretty big deal actually.