5 December 2017
●Hariri withdraws his resignation
Beirut & suburbs#State, elections & cabinets
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On 5 December 2017, after returning from Saudi Arabia via Paris on 21 November and President Aoun's request that he wait, Saad Hariri announced the withdrawal of his resignation after the government adopted the policy of "dissociation"; the detention crisis was closed through French intervention.