Lebanon’s Bahaa Rafik Hariri says he will follow father into politics
Bahaa’s younger brother, Saad Hariri, said earlier this week that he would not run in a forthcoming parliamentary election and was suspending his role in political life, calling on his political party to do the same. Lebanon’s Bahaa Hariri said on Friday that he will continue the journey of his father, the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and would “enter the battle to take back” the country. Bahaa’s younger brother, Lebanon’s veteran Sunni Muslim leader Saad Hariri, a three times prime minister, said earlier this week that he would not run in a forthcoming parliamentary election and was suspending his role in political life, calling on his political party to do the same. Bahaa Hariri Saad’s decision opened a new phase in Lebanon’s sectarian politics and will accelerate the fragmentation of the Sunni community which his family dominated for 30 years with Saudi support. Bahaa, 55, who has not held public office before and largely kept away from politics, said in...