Syria resisting Russia’s efforts to broker Turkey summit, sources say

[Produced with Reuters colleagues Orhan Coskun and Laila Bassam and published here on December 2, 2022]

BEIRUT/ANKARA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Syria is resisting Russian efforts to broker a summit with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, three sources said on Friday, after more than a decade of bitter enmity since the outbreak of Syria’s civil war.

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Pressure mounts for ‘detained’ Lebanon PM to return from Riyadh | AFP

[Published here on November 16, 2017]

Hardening his tone, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun accused Saudi Arabia of “detaining” Hariri, who is to meet in Riyadh on Thursday with France’s chief diplomat.

Speculation has swirled around Hariri’s prolonged stay in the kingdom since he announced in a televised statement on November 4 that he would be stepping down as Lebanon’s prime minister.

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