Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged Russia to intervene to avert further escalation with Israel in wake of the recent drone attacks. His office announced that he had telephoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to condemn Israel’s attack against Beirut’s southern suburbs, deeming it a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and of United Nations Security Council resolution 1701. The Foreign Ministry said that Hariri had asked Russia to exert its influence ...