Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s prime minister on November 4 while in Saudi Arabia, said on Sunday he would return to his country within days.<br /><br />Speaking in an interview with Future TV, a station affiliated with his political party, Hariri said he had offered his resignation in the interest of Lebanon.<br /><br />Hariri said he planned to return to Lebanon to confirm his resignation in accordance with the constitution. <br /><br />But he also said that if he rescinds his decision to quit, the Hezbollah movement must respect Lebanon’s policy of staying out of regional conflicts.<br /><br />Hariri left Beirut for Riyadh on Nov. 3 and resigned the following day in a speech that caught even his closest aides off guard, citing fear of assassination and blaming Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah for sowing strife in the Arab world.<br /><br />The Lebanese authorities believed Saudi Arabia forced him to resign and was holding him against his will. <br /><br />Lebanon, a country long divided by sectarian conflicts, found a rare moment of unity since-Hariri’s shock resignation – at the capital’s annual marathon on Sunday<br /><br />Lebanese of all stripes want him to come back from Saudi Arabia and to continue his work as premier.<br />
