Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said in remarks published Thursday that he fears Hezbollah’s military role in regional conflicts will end up costing his country dearly. Saudi Arabia backs the opposition trying to unseat Assad. “We must not pay for the actions of Hezbollah.”Hariri’s resignation, announced while he was in Riyadh, stunned the Lebanese and raised suspicions that it was orchestrated by Saudi Arabia, his main backer. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting proxy wars in the Mideast. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah earlier sad his fighters are returning from Iraq now that the Islamic State group has been defeated there.

Source: Egypt Independent November 30, 2017 11:03 UTC