Few in post-war Lebanon had an impact like Rafic Hariri’s

Lebanon commemorates on Friday the assassination, 20 years ago, of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, in a new internal and regional configuration that paves the way for a probable return of his son in politics.

Few in post-war Lebanon had an impact like Rafic Hariri’s

The reconstruction process he drove was thorny, but it would have overwhelmed most other prime ministers

After six years of absence from the Lebanese political scene, having resigned from his post as Prime Minister in 2019, and twenty years after the assassination of his father, Rafic Hariri, Saad Hariri could make his great return to the Lebanese political scene. At least this is what his team has announced for a few weeks, ahead of a speech he is preparing to deliver on the occasion of the twentieth commemoration of the tragic disappearance of Ra…

Lebanon Beirut traffic hariri cccb4707-d1b2-... Thu 13/02/25 - 14:20 Beirut, 14 February 2005: the shock of the death of Rafic Hariri INA illuminates news The day when... History and conflicts By the INA editorial The former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri, a wealthy businessman who became a political leader, was killed on 14 February 2005 together with 22 other people in a truck bomb attack in the heart of Beirut. The native of Saida ha…