"Let us say things as they are: the man is detained in Saudi Arabia and forbidden until this moment from returning to Lebanon," Nasrallah said in a televised speech. "It is clear that Saudi Arabia and Saudi officials have declared war on Lebanon and on Hezbollah in Lebanon," he said.His comments mirror an accusation by Riyadh on Monday that Lebanon and Hezbollah had declared war on the conservative Gulf Arab kingdom.Riyadh says Hariri is a free man and he decided to resign because Hezbollah was calling the shots in his government. In a statement, they also welcomed Aoun's call for Hariri to return.In comments to Reuters, top Lebanese Druze politician Jumblatt said Lebanon did not deserve to be accused of declaring war on Saudi Arabia. "We are a country that is squeezed between two antagonistic interests, between Saudi Arabia and Iran," he said. "The Saudi foreign minister accused Hezbollah of a role in the launching of a ballistic missile at Riyadh from Yemen on Saturday.

Source: Times of India November 11, 2017 02:45 UTC