Lebanon
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The former Lebanese Prime Minister announced his retirement from political life on Monday, distraught in the face of “Iranian influence” on his country, the “disorder” on the international scene, “confessionalism” and the “disintegration of the State “.
This is not Saad Hariri’s first renunciation, but probably the last. The 51-year-old Lebanese leader, three-time prime minister, announced his final retirement from political life on Monday. He had already submitted several resignations during his chaotic career in a country that is increasingly chaotic. The last time he failed to form a government was in July, when Lebanon was already deep in the depths of socio-economic crisis. After more than eight months of fruitless negotiations and deep disagreements with unmanageable partners, he had abandoned the project of assembling a team of technocrats, a “mission government”, advocated by Emmanuel Macron who believed he could save Lebanon despite its politicians.
The heir, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, found himself among warlords to lead a Sunni community and a political current in the aftermath of the February 2005 assassination of his father, Rafik Hariri<…