French President Emmanuel Macron stands between Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed as they attend the Lebanon International Support Group meeting in Paris, France, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - World powers attempted to shore up Lebanon's stability on Friday by pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in its politics and urging Hezbollah to rein in its regional activities.
Lebanon plunged into crisis on Nov. 4 when Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister while he was in Saudi Arabia, saying he feared assassination and criticising the Saudis' regional arch-rival Iran along with its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.
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