beirut country long divide sectarian conflict lebanon find rare point unity since saad al-hariri shock resignation prime minister lebanese strip want come back saudi arabia continue work premier hariri leave beirut riyadh nov. resign follow day speech catch even close aid guard cite fear assassination blame iran lebanese ally hezbollah sow strife arab world lebanese authorities believe saudi arabia force hariri resign hold say top lebanese state officials politicians close hariri lebanon believe hariri decision blame iran hezbollah crisis many others include longtime supporters think force quit billboards posters demand return go across beirut want pm back declare huge billboard near beirut waterfront runners annual beirut marathon sunday echo demand wear t-shirts print hariri face message wait year definitely many tell wait god will come back safe sound may al-khalil founder president beirut marathon association say hariri run beirut marathon last year shortly instal prime minister coalition government generate hope stability years political tension paralysis thousands runners turn defy security concern grow since hariri resign saudi arabia declare lebanon hezbollah hostile party sheikh saad al-hariri represent lebanese people say beirut mayor jamal itani wear cap read run lebanese want hariri return prime minister say saudi arabia deny report hariri long time ally riyadh hold coerce resign say free man quit hezbollah call shots government ashraf rifi hawkish sunni politician fiercely critical hezbollah iran welcome hariri resignation say pull official cover away iran project lebanon tension hariri hezbollah define feature lebanese politics since 2005 assassination father rafik al-hariri u.n.-backed tribunal charge five hezbollah members kill hezbollah deny role hariri twice set aside differences hezbollah lead coalition governments include group love even sympathetic sympathetic know prime minister lebanon prime minister us sunnis say yousef saad al-deen 40. one allow decide us neither president elect add speak staunchly pro-hariri beirut neighborhood tariq al-jdideh newly erect posters pledge loyalty hariri munir khatib man late 60s say iran blame hold say say hezbollah strong group lebanon thank vast arsenal declare saudi arabia detention hariri insult lebanese rally friday hezbollah leader sayyed hassan nasrallah say must return future movement hariri political party also say hariri must come back lebanon call national leader whose presence vital uphold lebanese system also take aim criticism saudi arabia saturday reject campaign target kingdom lebanon fight civil war 1975-90 govern accord carefully balance system parcel state along sectarian line many say time unity war teach us rank unite grind country succeed say arlette dakkash resident beirut demand hariri 's return lebanese find rare unity