Report: Speaker Telephones Hariri over Injury Rumors
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri was rumored to have been wounded during a visit to a town along the Lebanese Syrian border, An Nahar newspaper said on Friday.
The newspaper reported that Speaker Nabih Berri swiftly telephoned Hariri Thursday night to ask about his health.
Berri later refuted the rumors.
“These rumors come within allegations that targeted (Hizullah Chief Sayyed Hassan) Nasrallah and his deputy Sheikh Naim Qassem,” he said in comments published in An Nahar.
He pointed out that the aim is to “create chaos in the country.”
Nasrallah denied on Wednesday reports claiming that he had been transferred to Iran for treatment after falling ill.
Qassem was also reported to have been slightly wounded in car accident.
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