Last week, Lebanese Prime Minister resigned while traveling to Saudi Arabia. According to Saad Hariri, he did so because of Iran’s excessive meddling the affairs in the region, as seen in Syria and Iraq for the past couple of years. Not unusual to this type of situation, the resignation of the Hariri will leave a power vacuum in Lebanon, and in seeing that there is already severe power struggles with the government and Hezbollah, the already unstable region of the Levant will worsen. Because Hariri did flee to Saudi Arabia, and also that many, including the leader of Hezbollah are accusing Saudi Arabia of doing so, it is evident that they were the driving force in the situation. It is important to note, by coercing Hariri to resign, Saudi Arabia is taking away a Sunni politician to partner with. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have told their citizens to leave Lebanon, giving us a hint that there is good possibility that the situation will get worse. What I find interesting that under the Lebanese Constitution, the president must be christian, prime minister a sunni, and speaker a shiite. Connections can be made to this and the first of second triumvirates and the Roman Empire, both of which resulted in glorified dictatorships. Because one of the three, Hariri, is already out, a similar situation could occur. Another major problem is that Hezbollah, is most likely to increase tensions with Israel. Though it may be just a threat, in Hariri’s speech announcing his resignation, which though the credibility of Hezbollah is questionable, probably was written by the Saudis, which said that Iran will lose all power in the Levant, it is possible that the message is a warning of war between Iran and Saudi Arabia or more likely one between those under their protectorates. In any situation, the resignation of Saad Hariri spells bad news for the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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