Saad Hariri addresses a conference in Beirut on Friday, just before leaving Lebanon and announcing his resignation as prime minister. Saudi Arabia and Iran are on opposite ends of other regional conflicts such as Yemen and Iraq. Hariri left Beirut for Saudi Arabia on a “work visit” on Friday, his office said in a statement, the second trip there in less than a week. In the speech, the outgoing premier expressed fears that he could be assassinated like his father, former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, who was killed in an explosion in 2005. He served as prime minister from 2009-11 and took office again in 2016.

Source: Bangkok Post November 04, 2017 13:52 UTC