Below is ex-PM Saad Hariri's OP-ED published in the New York Times on Thursday:

On Feb. 14, 2005, a massive bomb killed the former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, my father, along with 22 other Lebanese. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon at The Hague identified five Hizbullah operatives as suspected collaborators in the murder. If proved, that would mean his assassination was carried out by Iran’s allies in Lebanon, who are financed and controlled by the regime in Tehran.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri said on Friday that the court indictment decision that criminalized two Syrian intelligence officers in the 2013 double bombings of al-Salam and al-Taqwa mosques in the northern city of Tripoli, proves the direct involvement of the Syrian regime and its agencies in the crime.

“With the release of the indictment in the al-Taqwa and al-Salam bombings, I hereby convey my gratitude to the judiciary, security forces, the intelligence branch and the military forces that contributed to the decision,” said Hariri via Twitter.

Ex-Prime Minister MP Saad Hariri's visit to Saudi Arabia is reportedly confined to tackle the file of Saudi Oger Ltd. and to complete a deal to sell the company to Saudi Arabia where he is set to devote his efforts afterwards to political issues.

Sources in March said that delayed receipts from the government, whose oil revenues have dropped significantly in the past two years, left construction workers at several companies struggling while they wait for salaries.

Speaker Nabih Berri has voiced support for the re-designation of al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri as prime minister, following remarks by Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah that his party is “open to discussing” the issue of the premiership should an agreement be reached over the presidency.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri called Tuesday for the creation of an army “border force” and the holding of an “anti-terror national conference,” a day after eight suicide bombers targeted the Bekaa border town of al-Qaa in an unprecedented attack.

Hariri to Assad: Syrian People Will Be Victorious over Hizbullah, Iran

Head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri remarked on Tuesday that the Syrian people “will be victorious” against Iran and Hizbullah in the ongoing conflict in their country.

The Mustaqbal Movement will take advantage of the advent of the holy month of Ramadan to bridge gaps among its allies in wake of the recent municipal elections, reported the Kuwaiti al-Anba daily on Sunday.

Sources from the movement said that iftar meals will serve as occasions to overcome divides “among allies and friends.”

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri met in Kuwait on Monday with Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah al-Sabah where talks focused on the developments in Lebanon and the region and Iran's “unacceptable” interference in other countries, Hariri's press office said in a statement.

The meeting was held in the presence of several Kuwaiti officials and Lebanese ex-MPs Bassel al-Sabaa and Ghattas Khoury and Hariri's adviser Nader Hariri.

Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi stressed on Monday that his “hand is extended to all sides” in wake of his list's victory in the municipal polls in the northern city of Tripoli, reiterating his commitment to the values of the March 14 coalition.

He said during a press conference: “We voiced our rejection of the control of one political party of Tripoli and the control of the Syrian regime allies of the city's municipality.”

Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh held talks overnight with Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri on the latest developments in Lebanon, most notably the presidential vacuum.

Franjieh revealed to reporters on Sunday that he had told Hariri that he “has no problem” with the Mustaqbal chief voting for Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun as president.