French President Emmanuel Macron has said his viewpoints on Iran do not conform with Saudi Arabia’s hardline stance vis-à-vis the Islamic Republic. “The very tough positions expressed by Saudi Arabia regarding Iran do not conform to what I think [about Tehran],” Le Monde on Friday quoted Macron as having said ...
Washington “strongly supports” Lebanon’s independence, warning the Middle East against using the country “as a venue for proxy conflicts or in any manner contributing to instability in that country,” US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement Friday. Tillerson also called Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Washington’s “strong ...