beirut lebanese prime minister saad al-hariri rescind resignation tuesday draw line month-long crisis trigger announce riyadh step remain outside lebanon weeks coalition government include iran-backed hezbollah group reaffirm state policy stay conflict arab state hariri saudi ally accuse hezbollah wag war across middle east agents iran hariri shock resignation thrust lebanon forefront regional quarrel saudi arabia iran play battlefields syria iraq yemen lebanese officials say saudi arabia coerce hariri long-time saudi ally resign put effective house arrest intervention france lead return lebanon saudi arabia hariri deny president michel aoun hezbollah ally refuse accept resignation remain abroad saudi concern influence wield shi ite muslim iran hezbollah arab state widely see root cause crisis raise fear lebanon economic political stability lebanese policy dissociation declare 2012 keep deeply divide state regional conflict civil war neighbour syria despite policy hezbollah heavily involve send thousands fighters help president bashar al-assad first meet since hariri resignation cabinet tuesday reaffirm commitment policy government political components decide dissociate conflict dispute war internal affairs brother arab countries order preserve lebanon economic political relations hariri say lebanon sunni muslim shi ite christian druze group fight civil war 1975-1990 govern system design share power among sectarian group hariri wealthy sunni businessman long tie kingdom denounce iran resignation speech say outside lebanon fear family safety father ex-prime minister assassinate 2005. speech cabinet session hariri warn tensions region could easily drag lebanon dangerous route issue lead crisis could ignore developments region suggest new wave conflict ... perhaps conflict near end lebanon plunge chaos finish line reject interference state lebanese affairs accept lebanese side interfere affairs arab state hariri say apparent reference hezbollah address issue take decision announce disassociation word deeds say hariri resignation accompany sharp escalation saudi statements target lebanese state riyadh one point accuse beirut government declare war western governments include unite state stress support hariri lebanon hariri paris friday meet international lebanon support group body include five members u.n. security council britain china france russia unite state meet open french president emmanuel macron aim part put pressure saudi arabia iran desist interference lebanon diplomats say version story re-inserts word paragraph 13 lebanon 's hariri rescind resignation draw line crisis