Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri confirmed that he had withdrawn his resignation, Reuters reported.

“All (the government‘s) political components decide to dissociate themselves from all conflicts, disputes, wars or the internal affairs of brother Arab countries, in order to preserve Lebanon’s economic and political relations,” Hariri said. Hariri returned to Beirut for the first time since his

shock resignation announcement, when being in Riyadh on November 4. After his return and meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, he said he had withdrawn his resignation.