The leader of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, cheered by his supporters in Beirut, Feb. 14, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
“What my brother and friend, the martyred minister Mohammad Shatah, established in open-minded thought and steadfast moderation will remain a beacon for our political project,” Saad Hariri published Saturday on X.The Future Movement leader paid tribute to his former adviser and ex-finance minister, who was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut on Dec. 27, 2013. In it was one of the rare instances since Hariri’s withdrawal from political life in 2022 that he refers to a “political project.”The wording was enough for some observers to see it as a possible signal of a return ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2026. Such a comeback would unfold against a backdrop marked by Hezbollah’s weakening in Lebanon and setbacks to the pro-Iranian axis across the region.For now, nothing is settled within the Future Movement....
“What my brother and friend, the martyred minister Mohammad Shatah, established in open-minded thought and steadfast moderation will remain a beacon for our political project,” Saad Hariri published Saturday on X.The Future Movement leader paid tribute to his former adviser and ex-finance minister, who was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut on Dec. 27, 2013. In it was one of the rare instances since Hariri’s withdrawal from political life in 2022 that he refers to a “political project.”The wording was enough for some observers to see it as a possible signal of a return ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2026. Such a comeback would unfold against a backdrop marked by Hezbollah’s weakening in Lebanon and setbacks to the pro-Iranian axis across the region.For now, nothing is settled within the Future...
