The leader of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, cheered by his supporters in Beirut, Feb. 14, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/Archive photo/L'Orient Today)
The message was brief but loaded with meaning. “The secretary-general of the Future Movement [Ahmad Hariri, Saad’s cousin] met with Hezbollah officials,” the Saudi state channel al-Hadath wrote Wednesday on its X account.The claim was quickly denied by Ahmad, who reiterated Saturday that a meeting with Hezbollah — still deeply unpopular among Sunni circles — did not occur. "It is impossible to shake the hand of Rafik Hariri’s assassin," he said, even as Hezbollah announced an upcoming "high-level" meeting between the two parties. The full political picture How Hezbollah tries to reinvent itself without Nasrallah Three months ahead of parliamentary elections, the Saudi message could not be clearer: Hariri's return is still off the table.Once a patron of the Hariris and a broader guardian of Lebanon’s Sunni...
The message was brief but loaded with meaning. “The secretary-general of the Future Movement [Ahmad Hariri, Saad’s cousin] met with Hezbollah officials,” the Saudi state channel al-Hadath wrote Wednesday on its X account.The claim was quickly denied by Ahmad, who reiterated Saturday that a meeting with Hezbollah — still deeply unpopular among Sunni circles — did not occur. "It is impossible to shake the hand of Rafik Hariri’s assassin," he said, even as Hezbollah announced an upcoming "high-level" meeting between the two parties. The full political picture How Hezbollah tries to reinvent itself without Nasrallah Three months ahead of parliamentary elections, the Saudi message could not be clearer: Hariri's return is still off the table.Once a patron of the Hariris and a broader guardian of...
