Lebanese PM Hariri resigns, saying he fears assassination plot
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41870406
2017 November - Prime Minister, Saad al-Hariri resigns, saying he senses a plot on his life.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned, saying in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia that he feared for his life, while also fiercely criticising Iran.
He accused Iran of sowing "fear and destruction" in several countries, including Lebanon.
Mr Hariri's father, former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, was assassinated in 2005.
The Hariri family is close to Saudi Arabia, Iran's regional competitor.
Mr Hariri has been prime minister since December 2016, after previously holding the position between 2009 and 2011.
"We are living in a climate similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before the assassination of martyr Rafik al-Hariri," he said in the broadcast from the Saudi capital Riyadh.
"I have sensed what is being plotted covertly to target my life."
Mr Hariri also attacked the Iran-backed Shia movement Hezbollah, which wields considerable power in Lebanon.
Addressing "Iran and its followers" he said Lebanon would "cut off the hands that wickedly extend into it".
Iran said the resignation would create regional tensions and rejected Mr Hariri's accusations as "unfounded".
Mr Hariri has made several visits in the past few days to Saudi Arabia, whose leadership is strongly opposed to Iran.
His announcement came a day after a meeting in Beirut with Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kahmenei.
Taking up the prime minister's office last year, Mr Hariri promised a "new era for Lebanon" after two years of political deadlock.
The coalition government he led brought together almost all of the main political parties in Lebanon, including Hezbollah.
The prime minister's resignation has opened up a chasm of uncertainty in Lebanon.
It's still not clear why he announced his decision in Saudi Arabia - an extraordinary move that left even his own MPs bewildered.
But the move will be seen through the lens of the great Shia-Sunni divide that's fuelling much of the violence across the Middle East.
It's pitted the Sunni power, Saudi Arabia, against the Shia power, Iran - with both sides backing different players to wield influence.
In Lebanon, the Saudis support Mr Hariri while Iran backs the Shia movement, Hezbollah.
In recent years, Lebanon has largely been spared the violence seen elsewhere in the region.
But with this stunning resignation, many Lebanese will now fear that their country is firmly in the crosshairs of the two regional superpowers.
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Lebanon profile - Timeline
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Profile: Former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri
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Bachir Gemayel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachir_Gemayel
Bachir Gemayel (Arabic: بشير الجميّل Bashīr al-Jimayyel, also romanized al-Jumayyil and El Gemaiel. Arabic pronunciation: [baˈʃiːr ʤɪma.jɪl]; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese leader and president-elect. He was a senior member of the Phalange party and the supreme commander of the Lebanese Forces militia during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90). He was elected president on 23 August 1982 while the country was torn by civil war and occupied by both Israel and Syria. He was assassinated on 14 September 1982, along with 26 others, when a bomb exploded in the Beirut Phalange headquarters. The bomb was planted by Habib Tanious Shartouni. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation blamed the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)
Bachir Gemayel's widow, Solange Gemayel, works to keep his legacy alive through the Bachir Gemayel Foundation, a political and informational organization.
Bachir's eldest daughter, Maya, was murdered on 23 February 1980 at 18 months of age by a car bomb intended for her father.He had two surviving children: His second daughter, Youmna, was born later in the year and received her degree in political science in Paris. She is now working towards her Masters in Management at ESA (École supérieure des affaires) in Beirut. Gemayel's son, Nadim, who was born a few months before Bachir was killed, was a law student and political activist, and was elected as a member of the Lebanese Parliament in 2009.
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Bachir Gemayel Tells It The Way It Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVYzgfww4ys
This is Bachir Gemayel, President of Lebanon and leader of the Christians. What he said in this video, still remains 110% true today. He was right then, and he is right now. Lebanon is finally waking up to this truth.
Bachir Gemayel
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photos Bachir Gemayel
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The president who never was: Bachir
https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Apr-18/253714-the-president-who-never-was-bachir.ashx
Elected in 1982, while most of Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, controversial leader Bachir Gemayel is the only Lebanese presidential candidate to have been assassinated before he could be sworn in.
Remembering Gemayel
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