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A sportsman himself, young, very dynamic. and not having him here today definitely we all feel very sad. >> reporter: his absence from the race and from politics has left a gaping void and sparked intense concern lebanon could be sucked into a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. the lebanese have long been accustomed to outside involvement in their internal affairs. but that doesnt make it any more acceptable. hariris fate is unknown, and that makes us angry, says veteran runner katya rasha...

And he promised to return soon. there were plenty of reminders of the 47-year-old leader left out of the running. may halil organized the first marathon in 2003. >> the prime minister has been a great supporter to the beirut marathon. a sportsman himself, young, very dynamic. and not having him here today definitely we all feel very sad. >> reporter: his absence from the race and from politics has left a gaping void and sparked intense concern lebanon could be sucked into a proxy war between sau...

>> i think you have to be concerned if you are the gop about white educated voters. you look at how they contributed to ed gilespies loss in virginia and then looking at the alabama race and the senate race you look at birmingham and the educated voters in birmingham. if its this close and roy moore has never been a strong general election candidate in alabama i would be really concerned. >> i have david ignateous here. you want to know about things having to do with national security any, parti...

He has arrested hundreds of people and brought them in on corruption charges. he has helped pressure the prime minister of lebanon to resign as part of his campaign against iran. i wrote a year and a half ago about him. this young man could either jump start saudi arabia or drive it off a cliff. the biggest thing he has behind him is this president loves him. this president sees him as a donald trump of the middle east. >> there is a proxy war going on in yemen between iran and saudi arabia. how...

Position of prime minister in saudi arabia. he said he feared assassination and now hezbollah leader says they are detaining hariri. saudi arabia denying it is holding hariri. there are fears the proxy war may be moving to lebanon. we have the live report from istanbul. what is the latest? >> reporter: natalie, a high level ministry source in lebanon told cnn that they believe saudi arabia is restricting the movements and communications of prime minister hariri. the source also told cnn that t...

Now to the middle east where tensions between saudi arabia and iran are on the rise and have now spilled over into lebanon following a negative travel advisory hundreds of gulf states citizens are leaving the lebanese capital beirut saudi arabia the united arab emirates about and kuwait ordered their citizens to leave the country as of immediately while the power struggle between saudi arabia and iran is also having a devastating effect on yemen where the two countries are engaged in a proxy war...

A saudi arabia and shiite iran have spilled over into conflicts across the middle east as it seeks to dominate the region theyre not involved in direct conflict the two are personally engaged in a proxy war in yemen and the growing crisis in the lebanon observers are increasingly worried that these rivalries could lead to the outbreak of a new conflict. in one corner iran still prickly despite its landmark nuclear deal with the international community and the western forces remain strong in the ...

Its citizens in lebanon to leave the country immediately with tensions between beirut and saudi arabia. rich edson is live from the state department. is this another step in a long-time proxy war? >> it is, sandra. good morning. this is a proxy war going on for generations between saudi arabia and lebanon. the saudi arabiaian government claims iran-backed hezbollah is running a state within a state in lebanon and ordering all saudi nationals to leave the country as soon as possible. kuwait and b...

Turn a blind eye to the environment. these are considered a declaration of war against the kingdom of saudi arabia from lebanon and hezbollah so the lebanese government will be treated as a government which is declared moral and ethical much. fighting words there from saudi arabias gulf affairs minister the saudis accusing lebanon of declaring war against them it is the iran backed hezbollah and that saudi arabia means here of this accusation marks a dramatic escalation of the conflict between t...

In his trip there is touching base with so my eyes such as vietnam, india, japan, certainly south korea, australia, although he is not going there, and theyre trying to pull these countries together so that they can neutralize china. clearly it splits its efforts to push their way further and deeper into the region. >> dana: before i let you go, i want to ask you, while the president is in asia, they have developers in the middle east with taking serious actions to purge the ruling class. heres ...