From the moment former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi Princes or ministry officials, as would typically greet a prime minister on an official visit to King Salman. His phone was confiscated, and the next day he was forced to resign as prime minister in a statement broadcast by a Saudi-owned TV channel.
