Saad al-Hariri

Berri says that Lebanon would sink like the Titanic if it could not form a government.

Sami Nader, pengarah Institut Levant bagi Hal Ehwal Strategik di Lubnan, memaklumkan bahawa Hezbollah memerlukan Hariri sebagai perdana menteri dalam usaha melibatkan diri dengan barat.

Beliau yang mengumumkan peletakan jawatan menerusi televisyen 4 Nov lalu pulang ke negara itu bagi menjelaskan kedudukannya dan menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan negara itu yang ke-47.

Hariri has since Saturday been in Paris, where he met French President Emmanuel Macron, and has said he will return to Lebanon by Wednesday for its Independence Day celebrations.

"We are living in a climate similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before the assassination of martyr Rafik al-Hariri. I have sensed what is being plotted covertly to target my life."