Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri decided on Monday to postpone a cab...
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
In televised comments, Hariri said the judiciary would take all steps to hold accountable those behind the shooting which the minister, Saleh al-Gharib, has called an attempted assassination. The incident in the Aley region spiraled as supporters of Walid Jumblatt, Lebanon’s main Druze leader, protested against a planned visit to the area by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, a Maronite Christian and Jumblatt adversary aligned with Gharib.Jumblatt’s Progressive Socialist Party has accused Gharib’s bodyguards of opening fire. Gharib in turn has said he was targeted by an “armed ambush”.
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