beirut lebanon foreign minister may attend arab league meet cairo sunday final decision take morning senior lebanese official tell reuters saturday official say foreign minister gebran bassil want avoid anticipate confrontation meet saudi arabia arab ally regional role iran-backed lebanese shi ite group hezbollah emergency arab foreign minister meet convene request saudi arabia support uae bahrain kuwait discuss mean confront iranian intervention internal affairs arab state egyptian state news agency mena say hezbollah part lebanese government political ally lebanese president michel aoun sunni muslim monarchy saudi arabia shi ite islamist iran loggerheads across region tensions recently escalate lebanon yemen lebanon thrust forefront regional struggle saad al-hariri resign prime minister nov. surprise announcement riyadh aoun accuse saudi arabia hold hariri hostage senior lebanese politicians close hariri also say hold saudi arabia coerce resign saudi arabia hariri deny french intervention hariri fly france overnight meet french president emmanuel macron paris saturday hariri speak paris say would clarify position return beirut come days say would take part lebanese independence day celebrations schedule wednesday hariri long political ally saudi arabia cite fear assassination accuse iran hezbollah sow strife arab world resignation speech lebanese fm may attend arab league meet decide sunday senior lebanese official