Lebanon’s Hariri re-emerges as candidate for prime minister as rival withdraws
A wave of unrest against the country's economic crisis and political corruption forced Saad al-Hariri to step down
08 December 2019 - 22:05
Beirut — Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician, Saad al-Hariri, re-emerged as a candidate for prime minister on Sunday when businessman Samir Khatib withdrew his candidacy to lead a government that must tackle an acute economic crisis.
Hariri quit as prime minister on October 29, prompted by mass protests against state corruption and Lebanon’s worst economic crisis since the 1975 civil war...
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