beirut top lebanese druze politician walid jumblatt saturday call saudi arabia enter dialogue iran say kingdom modernization plan could work riyadh engage war yemen lebanon thrust back onto frontline regional power tussle month saudi arabia iran two regional power back compete factions iraq syria lebanon yemen last become central arena proxy battle settlement minimum islamic republic iran give us lebanon strength determination cooperate enforce policy disassociation jumblatt write tweet saturday disassociation widely understand lebanon mean policy stay regional conflict hariri stress since resignation reference hezbollah whose regional military role source deep concern saudi arabia saudi policy confront iran aggressively around region spearhead crown prince mohammed bin salman also attempt push difficult extensive internal reform saudi arabia play important role lebanon past help broke end civil war 1990 contribute reconstruction afterwards extent role nov. resignation announcement prime minister saad al-hariri widely debate lebanon lead lebanese fear riyadh seek destabilize country address saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin salman jumblatt say challenge tremendous modernization kingdom islamic arabic necessity mission successful yemen war continue druze minority religious sect present syria israel palestinian territories lebanon saudi-led coalition target iran-aligned houthi movement since 2015 houthis seize part yemen include capital sanaa force president abd-rabbu mansour hadi flee wednesday coalition say would allow aid red sea port hodeidah salif well u.n. flight sanaa two weeks blockade country enough destruction siege yemen enough human material drain kingdom people resources jumblatt say let yemeni people choose want excellency prince judge reformer big brother ancestors jumblatt also say difficult stop war unless issue overcome discussions hold iranians friday jumblatt criticize way hariri treat saudi circle first time appear direct blame riyadh hariri resignation month lebanese officials say saudi arabia put hariri effective house arrest riyadh force declare resignation nov. 4. saudi arabia deny hold hariri force resign lebanon 's jumblatt call saudi-iranian discussions