beirut france say wednesday lebanese prime minister saad al-hariri lebanon president say hold hostage saudi arabia visit france family come days hariri travel riyadh nov. abruptly resign televise statement day late stay riyadh top lebanese officials senior politicians close hariri tell reuters force quit hariri saudi arabia deny hold riyadh coerce resign hariri say return lebanon next days formally submit resignation crisis thrust lebanon onto frontline middle east contest power pit saudi-led bloc iran ally include lebanese shi ite group hezbollah french president emmanuel macron say statement invite hariri france speak saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman invitation visit days offer political exile macron say speak germany accept hariri remain hostage whose reason detention know lebanese president michel aoun say statement foreign minister gebran bassil head aoun political party say situation normal beirut want good relations riyadh aoun say accept hariri resignation return lebanon formally tender explain reason hariri say come days saudi arabia long consider hariri main external supporter aoun political ally lebanon hezbollah powerful shi ite muslim group close tie iran lebanon coalition government form last year political deal make aoun president hariri prime minister include members hezbollah cabinet saudi arabia last week accuse lebanon declare war hezbollah role arab countries regard hezbollah terrorist organisation riyadh main ally unite state strike different tone continue support lebanon include military aid european union also repeatedly state support lebanon host 1.5 million syrian refugees interview sunday night television station own hariri warn economic sanction lebanon threat livelihoods hundreds thousands lebanese workers live saudi arabia gulf ally nothing justify hariri lack return 12 days therefore consider detain aoun say add lebanon confirm hariri family detention house saudi arabia search whenever enter leave speak italy foreign minister bassil say continue step ... problem solve brotherly way good relations want kingdom saudi arabia add however saudi arabia problem iran hezbollah solve iran lebanon lebanese hariri write twitter perfectly fine would return god will dear lebanon promise wednesday say would return couple days family stay saudi arabia call country hariri hold saudi nationality family fortune base construction company saudi oger build father rafik al-hariri serve twice lebanese prime minister assassinate 2005. okab sakr member parliament hariri future movement tell reuters speak wednesday hariri tell neither family hold tuesday european union foreign policy chief federica mogherini say meet bassil paris expect hariri family return lebanon soon source across lebanon political spectrum say hariri strike compromise tone sunday interview resignation statement bitterly attack iran hezbollah source say represent retreat riyadh attributable western pressure wednesday aoun say riyadh respond arab countries try secure hariri return ask international community help french foreign minister jean-yves le drian arrive riyadh late wednesday due discuss lebanon saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman meet hariri thursday french diplomatic source say france close relations lebanon french control world war hariri home france spend several years country lebanon accuse saudi arabia hold pm hostage