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A fact from 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 December 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Saudi Arabia's government has been accused of detaining Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, following his abrupt resignation while in Saudi Arabia?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute.

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Crisis not dispute[edit]

I think this is a crisis, not a dispute, in my opinion. --Leoherdy (talk) 18:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible 2017 Lebanon crisis will be a better page name, but I'd wait for this to develop a bit more before moving the page. power~enwiki (π, ν) 18:38, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you, we will have to wait! --Leoherdy (talk) 04:05, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute sounded the best at the time. Happy to go with consensus. Classicwiki (talk) (ping me please) 06:06, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kidnapping (by Saudi Arabia) would be more perfect. Crisis and dispute seems to low for this. --PetarM (talk) 07:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why not trying something like "Saad Hariri resignation depute"? --Expectant of Light (talk) 02:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Two/Three sides[edit]

@A.h. king: I challenge your account and ask for your sources. "Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese government" and they have clearly positioned the same thing. Even "Saudi Arabia has accused the Lebanese government of declaring war against it because of Hezbollah's aggression". And this Newsweek article says "Both Nasrallah and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have reportedly held talks with Aoun, who has refused to accept Hariri's resignation... Aoun, head of the majority-Christian Free Patriotic Movement, entered into an alliance with Hezbollah in 2006". And please provide a source that says the U.S. and France are supporting Lebanon against Saudi Arabia. Pahlevun (talk) 22:20, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@A.h. king:. You have not responded me for more than a week and you continue to revert other users. Pahlevun (talk) 09:01, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]