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# Saad Hariri

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# New Cold War

Explainer: Why the baffling resignation of Lebanon's Prime Minister is escalating Middle East tensions

Saad Hariri has denied he is being held prisoner in Saudi Arabia, and that he was forced to resign.

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Nov 14th 2017, 12:18 PM

# Lebanon

Protestors try to storm Lebanese government headquarters

Police used tear gas to repel protestors who stormed the headquarters of the Lebanese Prime Minister following the funeral of the security chief killed in a car bomb on Friday.

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Oct 21st 2012, 3:12 PM

# Lebanon

Arrest warrants issued for murder that 'changed Arab nation'

Many fear that tensions over the tribunal investigating the death of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could plunge the country into a new crisis.

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Jun 30th 2011, 1:55 PM