Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has deferred his resignation. Hours after returning to Beirut, Hariri announced Wednesday he was putting it on hold. “Today, I presented my resignation to the president and he urged me to hold onto it for more dialogue about its reasons and its political underpinnings … and I accepted,” he said during a televised speech after meeting with the country’s President, Michel Aoun. Two weeks ago, PM Hariri shocked Lebanon, and the world, by announcing his resignation in a televised speech from Saudi Arabia. The move prompted Lebanese officials to claim that he was being held hostage by Saudi … Continue reading Lebanon crisis appears to end as PM Saad Hariri backtracks on resignation