• Mr Hariri said that Israeli craft were flying low over Beirut, Sidon and South Lebanon all day. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [rafiːʔ lˈħariːriː] 1 November 1944 - 14 February 2005), or Rafiq al-Hariri, was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation on 20 October 2004 (2004-10-20). (wikipedia.org)
  • Having accumulated his wealth, Hariri started a number of philanthropic projects, including the building of educational facilities in Lebanon. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1982, Hariri donated $12 million to Lebanese victims of the 1978 South Lebanon conflict and helped clean up Beirut's streets with his company's money and contributed to early reconstruction efforts during lulls in the Lebanon war. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hariri returned to Lebanon in the early 1980s as a wealthy man and began to build a name for himself by making large donations and contributions to various groups in Lebanon. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1992, Hariri became the first post-civil war prime minister of Lebanon under president Elias Hrawi. (wikipedia.org)
  • Beirut, Lebanon - Billionaire businessman Najib Mikati was appointed as Lebanon's new prime minister-designate on Monday following binding parliamentary consultations with President Michel Aoun. (aljazeera.com)
  • The government of Lebanon collapsed Wednesday, shortly after Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with President Barack Obama at the White House. (voanews.com)
  • According to the statement, Mr. Obama commended the prime minister for his 'steadfast leadership and efforts to reach peace, stability and consensus in Lebanon under difficult circumstances. (voanews.com)
  • Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Hariri discussed efforts with France, Saudi Arabia and others to maintain calm in Lebanon and allow the tribunal to continue its work. (voanews.com)
  • Lebanon has been gripped by protests since Oct. 17, leading to the resignation of Saad al-Hariri as prime minister, amid anger at the government's failure to address the country's worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. (yalibnan.com)
  • By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz Lebanon is in search of a new prime minister to replace Saad Hariri, who resigned on October 29 amid protests against government corruption and economic woes under his leadership. (lobelog.com)
  • President Macron briefed Prime Minister Netanyahu with the measures he is taking in the latest crisis in Lebanon, which began when Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri fled to Saudi Arabia and announced he is resigning. (jewishpress.com)
  • On Saturday, Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon met with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris. (jewishpress.com)
  • Hariri suddenly resigned as Prime Minister of Lebanon the other week after flying to Saudi. (jewishpress.com)
  • Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an address to the nation, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 18, 2019. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Lebanon is a parliamentary republic based on the 1943 National Pact, which apportions governmental authority among a Maronite Christian president, a Shia speaker of the Chamber of Deputies (parliament), and a Sunni prime minister. (state.gov)
  • Closing arguments in the principal case, concerning the 2005 attack that killed former prime minister Rafik Hariri and 22 other individuals, took place in September at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (state.gov)
  • Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri gestures as Lebanon's newly elected parliament convenes for the first time to elect a speaker and deputy speaker in Beirut, Lebanon May 23, 2018. (egypttoday.com)
  • The events of that day were rather swift: those who were paid by the Saudi regime (and managed by the Hariri family in Lebanon) were quickly subdued and disarmed, and other clashes occurred between Hizbullah fighters and fighters of Druze sectarian warlord Walid Jumblat. (consortiumnews.com)
  • The Sunnis of northern Lebanon tore down portraits of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Beirut is abuzz over some pretty bizarre events that have been unfolding the past few months concerning Hezbollah and the UN created International Tribunal for Lebanon, set up in 2007 to bring to justice those involved in the Valentine Day 2005 assassination of then Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. (counterpunch.org)
  • Does Saad Hariri Really Believe He Can Save Lebanon? (fairobserver.com)
  • As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Lebanon continued to climb, it was revealed that a former minister, Mohammed Safadi, had also contracted the virus. (arabnews.com)
  • Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati praised the efforts of the Lebanese customs in monitoring "everything that can be monitored at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport," stating, "Lebanon cannot be a transit point or a source for any prohibited items. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Hariri, who was backed by Saudi Arabia, France and the United States, was killed as he was lobbying for an end to Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Hariri met top ambassadors in Beirut Tuesday, hoping to restore confidence that Lebanon can handle its ballooning debt and unlock a huge aid package approved in Paris last year. (ibtimes.com)
  • Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri walks after meeting with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon March 22, 2021. (alarabiya.net)
  • So when Hariri, and the Saudis behind him, went into dispute with Syria, France offered Washington its help in sponsoring UN resolution 1559, which called for the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon as well as the disarming of non-government armed groups in the country, meaning Hizbollah and the Palestinian refugee camps. (marxists.org)
  • Mr Hariri said he was in contact with President Michel Aoun and Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss next steps. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Hariri presented the line-up to President Michel Aoun after Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea accepted to cede the culture portfolio to Speaker Nabih Berri and a long-running obstacle over the representation of the Hizbullah-backed Consultative Gathering was resolved. (naharnet.com)
  • President Michel Aoun directed Prime Minister Designate Saad Hariri to form a government. (state.gov)
  • BEIRUT - 24 May 2018: More than half of Lebanon's MPs nominated Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri as prime minister on Thursday during consultations with President Michel Aoun, al-Jadeed TV reported, confirming that he is set to be designated premier for a third time. (egypttoday.com)
  • Erdogan received Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri. (turkishpress.com)
  • Israeli reconnaissance flights over Beirut are a clear breach of Lebanese sovereignty and the UN resolution that ended the 2006 war, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Sunday, after two Israeli drones crashed in the capital. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005 by a suicide truck bomb in Beirut. (wikipedia.org)
  • President Obama and Prime Minister Hariri reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening Lebanon's sovereignty and independence, even as the government in Beirut was collapsing. (voanews.com)
  • On the 15th February, HARDtalk repeats an interview with former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri who was killed in Beirut this week. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Rafik Hariri and 14 other people were killed in a car bombing in Beirut on Monday. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Mr. Mehlis said he has not yet uncovered any Syrian links to the February 14 bombing that killed Mr. Hariri and 20 others in Beirut. (voanews.com)
  • BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab asked the security forces on Saturday to enforce stricter measures to keep people indoors and prevent gatherings to curb a coronavirus outbreak. (arabnews.com)
  • Rafiq Hariri tribunal: why many in Beirut have lost their thirst for justice and the Hariri Tribunal. (joshualandis.com)
  • Lebanon's year-old unity government came down when Hezbollah ministers and their allies resigned over the United Nations-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of then-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the father of the current leader. (voanews.com)
  • Quit equivocating on the Rafiq al-Hariri tribunal. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Knowledgeable sources told London-based Arabic-language al-Sharq al-Awsat on Monday that Canadian prosecutor Daniel A. Bellemare, head of the international tribunal into the Hariri murder, "has reached findings which will allow him to file indictment based on strong and clear evidence which will be hard - if not impossible - to undermine in a court of law. (ynetnews.com)
  • The tribunal investigating the Hariri murder is expected to release its conclusions in the near future. (ynetnews.com)
  • The March 14 Secretariat General issued a statement saying "the incident represents an attack on the international community's legitimacy and its resolutions, and particularly, UN resolutions 1701 (UNIFIL and disarming of Hezbollah) and 1757 ( setting up the Hariri Tribunal). (counterpunch.org)
  • Lebanon's cabinet has approved draft UN plans for setting up an international tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (undispatch.com)
  • Hariri Tribunal to be postponed until next month in a move linked to a new US approach toward Iran. (joshualandis.com)
  • Lebanon's main parties have feuded over how to agree a new government since Hariri - the leading Sunni politician - resigned under pressure from the protests. (yalibnan.com)
  • Hariri was widely expected to be designated prime minister as Lebanon's leading Sunni politician. (egypttoday.com)
  • The military and Mr Hariri said the drones were Israeli, but Hezbollah did not say to whom they belonged. (thenationalnews.com)
  • The businessman from the northern city of Tripoli received votes from most of Lebanon's major political parties, including the Future Movement led by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Hezbollah and fellow Shia party the Amal Movement, as well as the Druze-led Progressive Socialist Party. (aljazeera.com)
  • A member of Hezbollah has been found guilty by an international court of the 2005 car bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • PHEOC) at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital. (who.int)
  • Al-Mustaqbal is owned by the family of Rafiq al-Hariri, the slain former prime minister. (cpj.org)
  • This week, Lebanon's prime minister stepped down as protests there continue. (npr.org)
  • The ongoing protests, which so far have brought millions of people into the street and led to the resignation of four ministers, are unprecedented in their nature and scale. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on October 29 was a sign that the protests are having an impact, but the ruling elite seem unlikely to willingly relinquish power anytime soon. (nymag.com)
  • Appeals judged at the Hague sentenced two men in absentia to life imprisonment for their role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. (tv7israelnews.com)
  • The special prosecutor probing the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has completed his investigation, although it's still unclear when the indictments will be filed. (ynetnews.com)
  • Lebanese prosecutors have issued charges against four pro-Syrian generals in connection with the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (voanews.com)
  • Tim Sebastian spoke to Mr Hariri in November 2001 when he was still the country's prime minister. (bbc.co.uk)
  • In a statement after meeting on Tuesday, Berri and Hariri, two of the country's top leaders, urged the Lebanese "not to get dragged toward strife" and to maintain civil peace. (yalibnan.com)
  • The line-up of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's new government was announced on Thursday, following around nine months of strenuous negotiations that involved several obstacles. (naharnet.com)
  • He is now in good health and will soon join the list of those recovering from COVID-19," said his wife, former minister Violet Safadi. (arabnews.com)
  • He was the first post-civil war prime minister and the most influential and wealthiest Lebanese politician until his assassination. (wikipedia.org)
  • At one point, Hariri was one of the world's 100 wealthiest men and the fourth-richest politician. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chirac's friendship with Hariri, father and son, fits very well within this framework as everyone knows, the Hariri clan is closely linked to the Saudis. (marxists.org)
  • Former prime minister Saad Hariri said: "The pandemic is a treacherous enemy. (arabnews.com)
  • President Donald J. Trump will host Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the White House on July 25. (archives.gov)
  • Give full cooperation to the investigation of the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he is withdrawing his candidacy for the premiership. (timesofisrael.com)
  • In 2020, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok and Development Minister Sigrid Kaag admitted to the Dutch parliament that the Netherlands paid part of the salaries of PFLP terrorists involved in murdering an innocent 17-year-old Jewish girl, Rina Schnerb, and seriously wounding her brother and father in 2019. (zoa.org)
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron. (jewishpress.com)
  • The outline reportedly being discussed entails Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu serving as premier for several months, then a Blue and White member - likely Benny Gantz - taking over for two years, after which a Likud candidate would take over for the remainder of the four-year term. (timesofisrael.com)
  • He was briefly caretaker prime minister for several months in April 2005, and then headed a full-fledged government in 2011 for three years. (aljazeera.com)
  • Lebanon's parliament speaker and caretaker prime minister warned against strife on Tuesday after clashes between supporters of Shi'ite groups and security forces overnight stirred fears of further political and economic turmoil. (yalibnan.com)
  • He has stayed on as caretaker prime minister. (yalibnan.com)
  • At the end of October Hariri resigned, but he remained as caretaker until a "reformist" government of "experts" under Hassan Diab was installed in January. (irishtimes.com)
  • In the evening, as we tailed his motorcade to our hotel from the Serail, the handsome Ottoman barracks where premier Saad Hariri hosted a banquet, 150 protesters took to the streets nearby. (irishtimes.com)
  • Parliamentary consultations on reappointing Hariri prime minister have been postponed from this week to next. (irishtimes.com)
  • In 1965, Hariri went to Saudi Arabia to work. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hariri took over Oger, forming Saudi Oger, which became the main construction firm used by the Saudi Royal family for all their important developments. (wikipedia.org)
  • 7. (S/NF) While the Syrian government responded positively to Iranian requests for public statements of support on the nuclear issue and against Israel, it remained silent after the Iranian Minister of Defense's arrival statement denounced Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States. (joshualandis.com)
  • Hariri was born on 1 November 1944 to a modest Sunni Muslim family in the Lebanese port city of Sidon. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Lebanon's political system, the post of prime minister has to be held by a Sunni Muslim, the presidency is held by a Maronite Christian, and the speaker of parliament is a Shia Muslim. (aljazeera.com)
  • Mr Hariri stressed Russia's active role in settling the Middle Eastern crisis. (kremlin.ru)
  • Morneau's departure follows reports of a rift between him and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the Finance Department's response to the COVID-19 crisis and the fallout of the WE Charity controversy . (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The three-time former prime minister has been appointed to lead. (fairobserver.com)
  • He was unconvinced by the government's rescue plan, announced on Monday by Prime Minister Saad Hariri. (ibtimes.com)
  • We have decided that no one, no matter how decent, powerful, and influential the prime minister, within the political system and the ruling elite, he or she will not be able to do anything in this country," Nassar told Al Jazeera. (aljazeera.com)
  • Prime Minister Trudeau later told a press conference he asked the Governor-General to prorogue Parliament to allow for a Speech from the Throne on Sept. 23, to be followed by a confidence vote. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • His appointment comes just 11 days after Saad Hariri resigned as prime minister-designate, following nine months of political deadlock and dispute with President Aoun and his son-in-law MP Gebran Bassil. (aljazeera.com)
  • However, Free Patriotic Movement MP Alain Aoun told Al Jazeera that he is more optimistic of a government formation with Mikati as prime minister-designate than previously with Saad Hariri, which resulted in a nine-month political gridlock. (aljazeera.com)
  • Cooperation is a must so that we rise to the level of the challenges in order to overcome this period," Hariri went on to say, stressing that "the solution lies in bold reforms, not in nagging or populist speeches. (naharnet.com)
  • The agreed reforms will also halve the salaries of current and former lawmakers and ministers. (ibtimes.com)
  • Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has taken over the finance portfolio from Bill Morneau, who resigned from cabinet and as an MP yesterday. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Egypt has asked Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri not to give up on forming a cabinet, Al Arabiya's sister channel station Al Hadath said on Wednesday citing its sources. (alarabiya.net)
  • Among other topics, they discussed ways to support Mr. Hariri and Lebanon's sovereignty, independence and stability. (voanews.com)
  • If Mikati successfully forms a government, this would be his third stint as Lebanon's prime minister. (aljazeera.com)
  • Senior Future Movement official Mustafa Allouch told Al Jazeera that Hariri and the Future Movement will continue to push for a non-partisan government of technocrats. (aljazeera.com)
  • In 2009, it took Hariri five months to form a government, while his successor Tammam Salam took a whole ten months after he was nominated in 2013. (naharnet.com)
  • Syria has been implicated in the bombing that killed Mr Hariri in February 2005, but denies involvement. (undispatch.com)
  • We know that the prime minister, Saad Hariri, resigned earlier this week. (npr.org)
  • But despite having long-standing relations with potential clients in the country, including the Minister of Public Security, a tug-of-war between pro-Russian and pro-West factions of the Minister of Defence is taking a toll on those ambitions. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • After two decades of military coups and counter-coups, it was no surprise that Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite and minister of defence at the time, seized power in a bloodless coup in 1970. (therealnews.com)
  • UK Minister for European Neighborhood and the Americas Wendy Morton is set for a three-day visit to Turkey, according to an official statement. (turkishpress.com)
  • Addressing the Lebanese after the line-up's announcement, Hariri apologized to citizens over the delay and noted that the country is facing "economic, financial and service-related challenges in addition to the Israeli threats. (naharnet.com)
  • As a result, a few years after his first contract with King Khaled, Hariri had become a multi-billionaire. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Iraq, the prime minister is expected to resign in the face of mass demonstrations. (npr.org)
  • The data generated from the Point Prevalence Survey will inform country health officials and decision makers to develop nation- al policies to promote appropriate use of antimicrobials and strength- en national and facility level infection prevention and control programs. (who.int)