• A poster of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who resigned last week in a televised speech, hangs on the side of a road with a phrase reading in Arabic, ' God protect you' in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Thursday. Hariri announced his resignation last weekend from Riyadh in a televised speech that sparked concerns of a political crisis in Lebanon as tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalated. | AFP-JIJI
    A poster of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who resigned last week in a televised speech, hangs on the side of a road with a phrase reading in Arabic, " God protect you" in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Thursday. Hariri announced his resignation last weekend from Riyadh in a televised speech that sparked concerns of a political crisis in Lebanon as tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalated. | AFP-JIJI

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BEIRUT – Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister, two top government officials in Beirut said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the front lines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

A third source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest. A fourth source familiar with the situation said Saudi Arabia was controlling and limiting his movement.

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