
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met the French foreign minister in Riyadh Thursday, the most senior Western official he has met publicly since his shock resignation announcement earlier this month. The meeting came after Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that Hariri had accepted an invitation to visit France for ...

French Foreign Minister said Thursday that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri “has accepted an invitation” to travel to Paris, a day after President Michel Aoun frankly said that Saudi Arabia is holding the Lebanese premier hostage. “He will come to France and the prince has been informed,” Jean-Yves Le Drian ...