Lebanon's Hariri makes rare visit to Beirut - airport official


  • World
  • Sunday, 14 Feb 2016

Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri gestures during the 10th anniversary of his father's assassination, in Beirut February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri made a rare visit to Lebanon on Sunday, arriving in Beirut on the 11th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Rafik al-Hariri, an airport official said.

It is only his third visit to the country since he left in 2011 after his government was toppled by the March 8 coalition that includes the powerful Shi'ite group Hezbollah.

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