Saudi king receives ex-Lebanon PM Hariri in Riyadh
By Reuters
07 November 2017 |
5:20 am
Saudi Arabia's King Salman receives former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in Riyadh, two days after his shock resignation.
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