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Riyadh enters the fray in Lebanon’s presidential elections

The Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Waleed Bukhari, began a tour Monday with Lebanon's opposition party figures.

Riyadh enters the fray in Lebanon’s presidential elections

LF leader Samir Geagea receiving Saudi Ambassador Walid Boukhari in Meerab. (Aldo Ayoub/AFP)

Riyadh seems willing to throw all its weight behind the effort to elect a reformist Lebanese president, rather than one backed by Hezbollah.The Saudi Ambassador to Beirut, Waleed Bukhari, began a tour to the opposition camp on September 20, in a bid...
Riyadh seems willing to throw all its weight behind the effort to elect a reformist Lebanese president, rather than one backed by Hezbollah.The Saudi Ambassador to Beirut, Waleed Bukhari, began a tour to the opposition camp on September 20, in a bid...