bbc arabic‘s carine torbey has the latest from beirut. a resignation that has stunned lebanon. lebanon. holds hezbollah and iran responsible. responsible. they're losing in their interference in the affairs of the arab world. in the affairs of the arab world. way it was forced back on to you in bahrain and yemen. bahrain and yemen. notice that the prime minister was speaking from saudi arabia. speaking from saudi arabia. and they will be seen as pulling the strings. strings. his cards on saudi arabia in its confrontation with iran. confrontation with iran. government with hezbollah last year will not have pleased the saudis. will not have pleased the saudis. the shadow of his father and establish his own identity. establish his own identity. has raised the political temperature in lebanon. in lebanon. the tension between iran and saudi arabia. arabia. of the middle east centre, who joins us from italy. us from italy. lebanese leader to announce his resignation in riyadh? absolutely. hello and it is good to be with you. announce his resign

earlier we spoke to bbc arabic‘s carine torbey, who described the reaction from beirut. the shock of this resignation, it has been a total surprise. no one knew about it, even the inner circle of the prime minister himself. lots of questions are being asked at the moment, first, about the location of this. why would he announce his resignation from riyadh, the capital of saudi arabia, rather than from lebanon itself? why did he make this decision today, just months away from elections for which he was preparing in full force? he said in his resignation speech that he feared for his life and also, we launched a scathing attack against iran and hezbollah. —— he said in his resignation speech that he feared for his life and he also launched a scathing attack against iran and hezbollah. the shia militia that is highly supported by iran, but it is also known that hizbollah has members in the government, saad al—hariri that was deciding overjust hours from now. lots of questions about this resignation but also lots of fears about the consequences of the resignation and whether

carine torbey has been speaking to runners in beirut. most severe political crises in lebanon enters its second week, following the curious resignation of prime minister saad hariri, announced from the saudi capital riyadh, tens of thousands of participants in the single biggest sports event in the country ran and walked today in the streets of the capital as posters of saad hariri lined the streets of beirut. the posters read, "the prime minister". many of the participants we talked to said they are running today for the return of prime minister hariri back home. translation: i take part in the beirut marathon every year. when i heard the president making this call, we were all encouraged to take part, so of course we are running for the comeback of prime minister hariri. translation: we got used to the prime minister running with us. we miss him in this event, and i hope he will be back with us in the next one. we love him, and we hope he will come back. the president of the republic, mr michel aoun, maintains his position not to ackno

carine tobey has been speaking to runners in beirut.he curious resignation of prime minister saad hariri, announced from the saudi capital riyadh, tens of thousands of participants in the single biggest sports event in the country, ran and walked today in the streets of the capital as posters of saad hariri lined the streets of beirut. the posters read, "the prime minister." many of the participants we talked to said they are running today for the return of prime minister hariri back home. translation: i take part in the beirut marathon every year. when i heard the president making this call, we were all encouraged to take part, so of course we are running for the comeback of prime minister hariri. translation: we got used to the prime minister running with us. we miss him in this event, and i hope he will be back with us in the next one. we love him, and we hope he will come back. the president of the republic, mr michel aoun, maintains his position not to acknowledge the resignation of mr hariri until the return of the man to lebanon,

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