Login | Register

42 online
CHAT NOW

Most Popular Choices

10

1

Best Web OpEds 11/24/2017 at 9:45 AM EST H2'ed 11/24/17

Hariri's abrupt resignation was about Saudi, not Lebanese politics.

Quicklink Submitted By David William Pear No comments

Become a Fan
(61 fans)

What's next for Lebanon now that Hariri is back?

The prime minister's triumphant return to Beirut followed by the decision to suspend his resignation breathed new life into the Hariri dynasty and the Lebanese oligarchy that embraced Saad. However, containing the long-term repercussions of Lebanon's latest political turmoil will largely depend on the relation between that dynasty and its enabler. It is a relation shaped by four factors: the shakeup in Saudi politics, the Saudi-Iranian regional enmity, Lebanon's internal dynamics and the struggle within Hariri's Future Movement (al-Mustaqbal).

It is now increasingly apparent that Hariri's abrupt resignation was about Saudi, not Lebanese politics. Riyadh treated Lebanon's prime minister as a Saudi citizen whose businesses have long been under Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's intense scrutiny.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At www.aljazeera.com

2

1

1
Rate It | View Ratings

David William Pear Social Media Pages:

David is a columnist writing on foreign affairs, economic, and political and social issues. He is an honorary Associate Editor of The Greanville Post, and a former Senior Editor of OpEdNews.com. His articles have been published by OpEdNews, The (more...)

Related Topic(s): Lebanon, Add Tags

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEd News, please become a premium member.

"You have something special and important here. Somehow you manage to teach and suggest and introduce the reader to concepts in a way that feels inclusive. Like, we're thinking about it together. Partly it might be because the subject, bottom-up, is innately understood by all of us and so it feels like you're stirring up stuff we already know. But also I think it's because you truly are practiced at connection consciousness and so it's natural for you (I'm guessing) to write about it with a desire to include us. As a reader I was learning more because it feels like you're inviting me to think with you."

Tsara Shelton, author

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

The Darwinian death-cult by John Henry Egan ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Ringhals 4 and the Next Nuclear Power Plant Explosion Prediction by Robert A. Leishear, PhD, PE, ASME Fellow ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: Liz Theoharis, Making It in a Poor World by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

American Fascists are in an Arms Race by Thom Hartmann ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Despite Tyre Nichols Body Cams Are an Abysmal Failure by earl ofari hutchinson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Sorry Joe. The Phrase is "Off the Table by Rob Kall ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Baltic States: home for foreign prisons, troops and biolabs by Adomas Abromaitis ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Incited Insurrections against Elections like US and Brazil May Now be World Model by Robert Weiner ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Jackie Goldberg Named LAUSD Board President by Carl Petersen ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

End the 1917 Espionage Act by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Self-Driving Cars Still Need Drivers. It's Dangerous to Say Otherwise by Robert Weiner ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

What do the West and Russia believe they are trying to defend against? by Vijayaraghavan Padmanabhan ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Why I Am Anti-war (And What That Means) by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Satanic Temple Rescues Reproductive Freedom by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Is SCOTUS About to Put Religion Over Civil Society? by Thom Hartmann ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Black Lives Don't Matter by Carl Petersen ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

George Santos poster boy for the G.O.P by Michael Chavers ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

William & Harry: Blue Blood Bros by Irene Fowler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Celebrities Protect The Interests Of The Empire by Caitlin Johnstone ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Book Review: Frank Kunert's Photographic Art by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Why use CBD Oil? Top Health Benefits by Steve Jacobs ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, I Never Thought I'd Miss the Earthquakes by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Words of Wisdom from Walter J. Ong, S.J. (REVIEW ESSAY) by Thomas Farrell ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The CDC Should Stop Drinking-Water Dangers - Stop E. Coli and Listeria Disease Outbreaks and Lead and Copper Poisonings! by Robert A. Leishear, PhD, PE, ASME Fellow ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

This document has been declassified by Bob Gaydos ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links