Exclusive: Lebanon believes Saudi holds Hariri, demands his returnBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister, two top government officials in Beirut said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the frontlines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran. A third source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest. A fourth source familiar with the situation said Saudi Arabia was controlling and limiting his movement. In a televised statement indicating deep concern at Hariri s situation, his Future Movement political party said his return home was necessary to uphold the Lebanese system, describing him as prime minister and a national leader.           Hariri s resignation last Saturday, read out on television from Saudi Arabia, came as a shock even to his aides and further embroiled Beirut in a regional contest between Riyadh and Tehran. Hariri s exit fueled wide speculation that the Sunni Muslim politician, long an ally of Riyadh, was coerced into stepping down by Saudi Arabia as it seeks to hit back against Iran and its Lebanese Shi ite ally, Hezbollah. In his resignation speech, Hariri denounced Iran and Hezbollah for sowing strife in Arab states and said he feared assassination. His father, a former prime minister, was killed by a bomb in 2005.     Saudi Arabia has denied reports he is under house arrest. But Hariri has issued no statements himself to that effect, and has not denied that his movements are being restricted.       Keeping Hariri with restricted freedom in Riyadh is an attack on Lebanese sovereignty. Our dignity is his dignity. We will work with (foreign) states to return him to Beirut,  said the senior Lebanese official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the government had yet to declare that position. Saudi Arabia says Hariri resigned because Hezbollah, which was included in Hariri s coalition government, had  hijacked  Lebanon s political system. Hariri aides had until Thursday denied he was under house arrest but took a dramatically different tone after a meeting of the Future Movement convened at Hariri s Beirut residence on Thursday. A statement read by former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said his return was  necessary to recover respect for Lebanon s internal and external balance, and in the framework of full respect for Lebanese legitimacy . Hariri s aunt, Bahia, sat next to Siniora as he read the statement. The party stood behind his leadership, it said. Hariri came to office last year in a political deal that made the Hezbollah-allied Christian politician Michel Aoun head of state and produced a coalition government grouping most Lebanese parties including Hezbollah. Saudi Arabia blessed the government at the time, but has been fiercely critical of the Hariri-led government since he stepped down, saying it failed to act against Hezbollah, whose guerrilla army is far more powerful than the weak state. Saudi Arabia had wanted Hariri to take a tougher stance toward Hezbollah, and he failed to do so, the fourth source said.  He was functioning as if it is business as usual, so the Saudis had to accelerate the process and to force a resignation.  Saudi Arabia this week lumped Lebanon together with Hezbollah as parties that are hostile to it, breaking with a long-established policy that has drawn a line between them and raising concerns of further Saudi measures. Hariri flew to Saudi Arabia last Friday. The top Lebanese government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said:  Lebanon is heading toward asking foreign and Arab states to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to release Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.  The official said Hariri was still Lebanon s prime minister, echoing other Lebanese government officials who say his resignation had not been received by Aoun, and his government therefore remained in place.     The resignation of Hariri, a business tycoon whose family made its fortune in Saudi Arabia, happened at the same time as a wave of arrests of Saudi princes and businessmen accused of corruption by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The senior Lebanese politician close to Hariri said:  When he went (to Saudi Arabia) he was asked to stay there and ordered to resign. They ordered him to read his resignation statement and he has been held under house arrest since.  Two U.S. officials said the Saudis, led by Crown Prince Mohammed, had  encouraged  Hariri to leave office. The fourth source said:  He is under controlled movement by the Saudis, limited movement.  Hezbollah s parliamentary bloc said Saudi Arabia must halt its interference in Lebanese affairs.     He made a one-day flying visit to the United Arab Emirates, a close Saudi ally, earlier this week before returning to Saudi Arabia. Hariri s office said in a statement he had received the French ambassador to Saudi Arabia at his Riyadh residence on Thursday. He had also met the head of the EU mission to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, and on Tuesday the British ambassador and the U.S. charge d affaires. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed U.S. Charge d Affaires Chris Henzel met with Hariri. Asked about reports Hariri was being held in Saudi Arabia, Nauert declined to elaborate on his status or what was discussed, calling the talks  sensitive, private, diplomatic conversations.  Nauert indicated the United States would not treat the Lebanese government any differently as a result of the  uncertainty over Hariri. Saudi Arabia warned its citizens on Thursday against travel to Lebanon and said those already there should leave. It has issued similar advice about Lebanon to its citizens before.  Lebanon s Maronite patriarch will visit Saudi Arabia next week and has received  a positive response  from Saudi officials over the possibility of seeing Hariri, his spokesman said. Patriarch Beshara al-Rai s visit  had been decided on a long time ago. In light of the developments, his mission has become national,  Walid Ghayyad said. The patriarch will take a message to the kingdom that  Lebanon cannot handle conflict.  worldnews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Exclusive: Lebanon believes Saudi holds Hariri, demands his returnBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister, two top government officials in Beirut said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the frontlines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran. A third source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest. A fourth source familiar with the situation said Saudi Arabia was controlling and limiting his movement. In a televised statement indicating deep concern at Hariri s situation, his Future Movement political party said his return home was necessary to uphold the Lebanese system, describing him as prime minister and a national leader.           Hariri s resignation last Saturday, read out on television from Saudi Arabia, came as a shock even to his aides and further embroiled Beirut in a regional contest between Riyadh and Tehran. Hariri s exit fueled wide speculation that the Sunni Muslim politician, long an ally of Riyadh, was coerced into stepping down by Saudi Arabia as it seeks to hit back against Iran and its Lebanese Shi ite ally, Hezbollah. In his resignation speech, Hariri denounced Iran and Hezbollah for sowing strife in Arab states and said he feared assassination. His father, a former prime minister, was killed by a bomb in 2005.     Saudi Arabia has denied reports he is under house arrest. But Hariri has issued no statements himself to that effect, and has not denied that his movements are being restricted.       Keeping Hariri with restricted freedom in Riyadh is an attack on Lebanese sovereignty. Our dignity is his dignity. We will work with (foreign) states to return him to Beirut,  said the senior Lebanese official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the government had yet to declare that position. Saudi Arabia says Hariri resigned because Hezbollah, which was included in Hariri s coalition government, had  hijacked  Lebanon s political system. Hariri aides had until Thursday denied he was under house arrest but took a dramatically different tone after a meeting of the Future Movement convened at Hariri s Beirut residence on Thursday. A statement read by former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said his return was  necessary to recover respect for Lebanon s internal and external balance, and in the framework of full respect for Lebanese legitimacy . Hariri s aunt, Bahia, sat next to Siniora as he read the statement. The party stood behind his leadership, it said. Hariri came to office last year in a political deal that made the Hezbollah-allied Christian politician Michel Aoun head of state and produced a coalition government grouping most Lebanese parties including Hezbollah. Saudi Arabia blessed the government at the time, but has been fiercely critical of the Hariri-led government since he stepped down, saying it failed to act against Hezbollah, whose guerrilla army is far more powerful than the weak state. Saudi Arabia had wanted Hariri to take a tougher stance toward Hezbollah, and he failed to do so, the fourth source said.  He was functioning as if it is business as usual, so the Saudis had to accelerate the process and to force a resignation.  Saudi Arabia this week lumped Lebanon together with Hezbollah as parties that are hostile to it, breaking with a long-established policy that has drawn a line between them and raising concerns of further Saudi measures. Hariri flew to Saudi Arabia last Friday. The top Lebanese government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said:  Lebanon is heading toward asking foreign and Arab states to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to release Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.  The official said Hariri was still Lebanon s prime minister, echoing other Lebanese government officials who say his resignation had not been received by Aoun, and his government therefore remained in place.     The resignation of Hariri, a business tycoon whose family made its fortune in Saudi Arabia, happened at the same time as a wave of arrests of Saudi princes and businessmen accused of corruption by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The senior Lebanese politician close to Hariri said:  When he went (to Saudi Arabia) he was asked to stay there and ordered to resign. They ordered him to read his resignation statement and he has been held under house arrest since.  Two U.S. officials said the Saudis, led by Crown Prince Mohammed, had  encouraged  Hariri to leave office. The fourth source said:  He is under controlled movement by the Saudis, limited movement.  Hezbollah s parliamentary bloc said Saudi Arabia must halt its interference in Lebanese affairs.     He made a one-day flying visit to the United Arab Emirates, a close Saudi ally, earlier this week before returning to Saudi Arabia. Hariri s office said in a statement he had received the French ambassador to Saudi Arabia at his Riyadh residence on Thursday. He had also met the head of the EU mission to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, and on Tuesday the British ambassador and the U.S. charge d affaires. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed U.S. Charge d Affaires Chris Henzel met with Hariri. Asked about reports Hariri was being held in Saudi Arabia, Nauert declined to elaborate on his status or what was discussed, calling the talks  sensitive, private, diplomatic conversations.  Nauert indicated the United States would not treat the Lebanese government any differently as a result of the  uncertainty over Hariri. Saudi Arabia warned its citizens on Thursday against travel to Lebanon and said those already there should leave. It has issued similar advice about Lebanon to its citizens before.  Lebanon s Maronite patriarch will visit Saudi Arabia next week and has received  a positive response  from Saudi officials over the possibility of seeing Hariri, his spokesman said. Patriarch Beshara al-Rai s visit  had been decided on a long time ago. In light of the developments, his mission has become national,  Walid Ghayyad said. The patriarch will take a message to the kingdom that  Lebanon cannot handle conflict.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: exclusive lebanon believes saudi holds hair demands returnbeirut reuters lebanon believes said held saudi arabia resigned lebanese prime minister two top government officials bert said amid deepening crisis pushing lebanon onto frontline power struggle saudi arabia iran a third source senior politician close hair said saudi arabia ordered resign put house arrest a fourth source familiar situation said saudi arabia controlling limiting movement in televised statement indicating deep concern hair situation future movement political party said return home necessary uphold lebanese system describing prime minister national leader hair resignation last saturday read television saudi arabia came shock even aides embroiled bert regional contest riyadh tehran hair exit fueled wide speculation sunny muslim politician long ally riyadh coerced stepping saudi arabia seeks hit back iran lebanese shi ite ally hezbollah in resignation speech hair denounced iran hezbollah sowing strife arab states said feared assassination his father former prime minister killed bomb saudi arabia denied reports house arrest but hair issued statements effect denied movements restricted keeping hair restricted freedom riyadh attack lebanese sovereignty our dignity dignity we work foreign states return bert said senior lebanese official speaking condition anonymity government yet declare position saudi arabia says hair resigned hezbollah included hair coalition government hijacked lebanon political system hair aides thursday denied house arrest took dramatically different tone meeting future movement convened hair bert residence thursday a statement read former prime minister found senior said return necessary recover respect lebanon internal external balance framework full respect lebanese legitimacy hair aunt bahai sat next senior read statement the party stood behind leadership said hair came office last year political deal made christian politician michel noun head state produced coalition government grouping lebanese parties including hezbollah saudi arabia blessed government time fiercely critical government since stepped saying failed act hezbollah whose guerrilla army far powerful weak state saudi arabia wanted hair take tougher stance toward hezbollah failed fourth source said he functioning business usual saudi accelerate process force resignation saudi arabia week lumped lebanon together hezbollah parties hostile breaking policy drawn line raising concerns saudi measures hair flew saudi arabia last friday the top lebanese government official speaking condition anonymity said lebanon heading toward asking foreign arab states put pressure saudi arabia release prime minister said the official said hair still lebanon prime minister echoing lebanese government officials say resignation received noun government therefore remained place the resignation hair business tycoon whose family made fortune saudi arabia happened time wave arrests saudi princes businessmen accused corruption crown prince mohammed bin salman the senior lebanese politician close hair said when went saudi arabia asked stay ordered resign they ordered read resignation statement held house arrest since two officials said saudi led crown prince mohammed encouraged hair leave office the fourth source said he controlled movement saudi limited movement hezbollah parliamentary bloc said saudi arabia must halt interference lebanese affairs he made flying visit united arab emirates close saudi ally earlier week returning saudi arabia hair office said statement received french ambassador saudi arabia riyadh residence thursday he also met head eu mission saudi arabia wednesday tuesday british ambassador charge affaires state department spokeswoman heather alert confirmed charge affaires chris hence met hair asked reports hair held saudi arabia alert declined elaborate status discussed calling talks sensitive private diplomatic conversations alert indicated united states would treat lebanese government differently result uncertainty hair saudi arabia warned citizens thursday travel lebanon said already leave it issued similar advice lebanon citizens lebanon maronite patriarch visit saudi arabia next week received positive response saudi officials possibility seeing hair spokesman said patriarch beshara visit decided long time ago in light developments mission become national valid ghayyad said the patriarch take message kingdom lebanon handle conflict worldnews