FLY-BY-NIGHT Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will leave Saudi Arabia for France, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said yesterday.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said he hoped Mr Hariri’s acceptance of the French offer would end the two-week crisis between the two Arab states.

But Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said it was up to the Future Movement party leader when to return to Lebanon, denying allegations by Mr Aoun and others that Mr Hariri was Riyadh’s captive.