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AFP: Turkish PM in tension-gripped Lebanon

"Turkish PM in tension-gripped Lebanon

By Natacha Yazbeck (AFP) – 6 hours ago

BEIRUT — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on a high-profile visit to tension-gripped Lebanon on Wednesday, as Ankara seeks to emerge as a key mediator in the Middle East.

He was greeted at the airport by his Lebanese counterpart, Saad Hariri, who is going head-to-head with Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah over a UN-backed court probing the murder of his father, ex-premier Rafiq Hariri."

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