Hariri

Police to indict five members of Hariri crime group in ‘Prince’ extortion case

Those set to be charged are Marad Hariri, 41, from Umm el-Fahm; Nabil Arian, 31, from Arara; Yosef Hadidja, 33, from Kalansuwa; Mohammed Akel, 37, from Arara; and Murtada Akel, 26, also from Arara.

Border Police officers in Jerusalem, March 30, 2025 (illustration).
 Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019.

Iranian FM Abbas Araqchi announces support for a ceasefire in Lebanon amid Beirut visit

 People walk outside Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon August 26, 2024.

Israel reportedly hacks Beirut airport control tower, warns Iranian plane not to land

 Police at the scene where four men were shot dead in the Arab Town of Abu Snan, northern Israel, August 22, 2023.

Three arrests made in connection with Abu Snan murders, Shin Bet withdraws from investigation


Lebanon's Hariri holds talks with Egypt President Sisi in Cairo

Hariri has said he will return to Lebanon by Wednesday for the country's Independence Day celebrations.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, react on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 18, 2017.

The Israel-Sunni alliance

Although discreet ties have developed, they are unlikely to be formalized without progress on the Palestinian track.

Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a former head of Saudi intelligence

Lebanese president vows to resist Israel by 'all available means'

Lebanese President Aoun claims that it is Lebanon's right to resist Israel.

Michel Aoun

Hariri's office: Lebanon's Hariri to visit Egypt on Tuesday

Arab League foreign ministers held an emergency meeting in Cairo, requested by Saudi Arabia, to discuss ways to confront Iran and Hezbollah over their role in the region.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud shakes hands with former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri during their meeting in Riyadh

Macron briefs Netanyahu, Arab leaders on Lebanese crisis

Hariri’s resignation, which still is not formalized, threw Lebanon into political crisis and put it center-stage in the Middle East's overarching rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, react on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 18, 2017.

Voices from the Arab press

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

Britain's Employment Minister Priti Patel

Lebanon's Hariri leaves Saudi Arabia for France

Hariri's abrupt resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia and his continued stay there caused fears over Lebanon's stability.

CARS PASS next to a poster depicting Saad Hariri in Beirut earlier this week. Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister on November 4

Lebanon president says Saudi holding Hariri, calls it 'aggression'

Riyadh denies holding Lebanese prime minister against his will or putting pressure on him to resign.

Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun talks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 20, 2016

The Saudi-Iranian power struggle reaches Lebanon

Rumors have been abundant around the resigation of Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri's in Saudi Arabia.

Youmn Ahmad, a Lebanese artist, paints a portrait of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, during the annual Beirut Marathon, in Beirut Lebanon November 12, 2017

Lebanese patriarch makes historic visit to Saudi Arabia

Patriarch Beshara al-Rai heads the Maronite church, which has a presence in Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus and follows an Eastern rite of the Roman Catholic church.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai