BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saad al-Hariri's third term as prime minister of Lebanon was mired in political rivalries that obstructed reforms needed to save the country from economic collapse.
Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician since the assassination of his father, Rafik al-Hariri in 2005, Hariri quit on Tuesday in the face of mass protests against an entire sectarian ruling elite accused of milking the state for decades.
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