Hezbollah calls on Saudi Arabia to cease interfering in Lebanon

Reuters
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:35 UTC

Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to stop interfering in Lebanese affairs after Lebanon's prime minister quit in a weekend broadcast from the kingdom.

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the bloc supports the approach of Lebanon's president, who has refused to decide on whether to accept the shock resignation until Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri returns home.

Reporting by Ellen Francis and Laila Bassam; editing by Mark Heinrich

Comment: Earlier this week, Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Saudi Arabia had forced Saad al-Hariri to resign as PM of Lebanon.

Indeed, there are signs that Saudi Arabia, as well as Israel and the US, may be targeting Lebanon next, specifically Hezbollah, as way to hurt Iran.