Wided Khadraoui talks to As’ad AbuKhalil about recent events in Lebanon.
What role did Obama play in this?
Obama played a big role: Through his assistant secretary of state for Near East, Jeffrey Feltman, who has had years of experience in controlling [the] coalition in cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Israel. It is not a coincidence that Hariri did not get the stomach to reject the compromise deal until he arrived in the U.S.
