Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, where he performed the dawn prayer on the first day of Eid al-Fitr alongside Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), was widely viewed as a significant gesture of support from the Saudi leader to the Lebanese official.This interpretation was shared across political and media circles, with some suggesting that MBS was signaling his guidance of the prime minister, following the government's vote in favor of the new central bank governor. Read more Nawaf Salam’s visit to Riyadh: Behind the scenes and between the lines In any case, the visit drew more attention than the Lebanese-Syrian security meeting held last Thursday in Jeddah. That meeting, originally scheduled for the day before in Damascus between the defense ministers and top security officials of both countries, was...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, where he performed the dawn prayer on the first day of Eid al-Fitr alongside Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), was widely viewed as a significant gesture of support from the Saudi leader to the Lebanese official.This interpretation was shared across political and media circles, with some suggesting that MBS was signaling his guidance of the prime minister, following the government's vote in favor of the new central bank governor. Read more Nawaf Salam’s visit to Riyadh: Behind the scenes and between the lines In any case, the visit drew more attention than the Lebanese-Syrian security meeting held last Thursday in Jeddah. That meeting, originally scheduled for the day before in Damascus between the defense ministers and top security officials of both countries,...