Saudi Arabia aims to rebuild Lebanon ties with foreign minister’s visit

HA Hellyer, a senior fellow in geopolitics and security at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence in London, said Prince Faisal's comments signalled that Saudi leaders' support for Lebanon could be conditional on a change in the country's sectarian political system. "I'm not sure if they want to try to repeat that cycle where they are backing the Sunni community. What would be entirely likely is that they see there is a new president and a new prime minister with very strong support internationally," he said.