Hariri

Seven members of Hariri organization indicted for extortion, threats, planting of explosive devices

The filing of indictments and prosecutors’ statements followed a series of raids conducted in Arab villages and the West Bank on April 12, during which 11 suspects were arrested.

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.
Israel Police arrest senior organized crime leader, April 2026.

Police arrest Hariri crime family members in raid for extortion, using explosives

Border Police officers in Jerusalem, March 30, 2025 (illustration).

Police to indict five members of Hariri crime group in ‘Prince’ extortion case

 Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019.

Iranian FM Abbas Araqchi announces support for a ceasefire in Lebanon amid Beirut visit


The Saudi-Iranian power struggle reaches Lebanon

Rumors have been abundant around the resigation of Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri's in Saudi Arabia.

Youmn Ahmad, a Lebanese artist, paints a portrait of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, during the annual Beirut Marathon, in Beirut Lebanon November 12, 2017

Lebanese patriarch makes historic visit to Saudi Arabia

Patriarch Beshara al-Rai heads the Maronite church, which has a presence in Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus and follows an Eastern rite of the Roman Catholic church.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai

Hariri's resignation: A cause for confusion, anger for the people of Lebanon

The Lebanese premier's sudden resignation has mired the country in a cross-regional crisis that seems to be deepening by the day.

Youmn Ahmad, a Lebanese artist, paints a portrait of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, during the annual Beirut Marathon, in Beirut Lebanon November 12, 2017

Saudi crown prince blazes reckless regional trail

Muhammad bin Salman is taking an activist approach that is in sharp contrast to the behind the scenes, nonconfrontational style that had hitherto prevailed in Riyadh.

Le prince héritier Mohammed bin Salman

Lebanese PM indicates possibility of revoking his resignation

Saad al-Hariri's resignation thrust Lebanon back to the forefront of a struggle that is reshaping the Middle East.

Saad Hariri, ancien Premier ministre de la République libanaise

Le virage de l’Arabie saoudite

Les purges et réformes du royaume wahhabite visent à le démarquer un peu plus de l’Iran

Le prince héritier Mohammed bin Salman

La démission surprise du Premier ministre libanais

La décision de Saad Hariri aurait été dictée par les Saoudiens dans le but de contenir l’influence chiite sur le pays du Cèdre

Saad Hariri, ancien Premier ministre de la République libanaise

How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri

"When Hariri's plane landed in Riyadh, he got the message immediately that something was wrong."

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud shakes hands with former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri during their meeting in Riyadh

Lebanese president: Saudi must explain why Hariri has not returned home

Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation, which caught even his close aides by surprise, has plunged Lebanon into crisis.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun attends the 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan March 29, 2017.

Nasrallah warns Israel not to exploit crisis in Lebanon but says war is 'unlikely'

The leader of the Shi'ite terror organization warns that Saudi Arabia is trying to influence the Jewish state to attack in Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks to supporters on a screen