Almost three weeks after Lebanon’s prime minister Saad Hariri suddenly resigned, speculative reports continue to pepper both local and global media. Anchors, reporters, and pundits are trying to make sense of a decision that has largely been framed as an “abrupt” resignation that “came from nowhere.”

Lebanese president Michel Aoun issued a statement asserting that Hariri made his decision under duress, and it therefore constituted an “assault on Lebanon’s sovereignty.” Aoun further accused Saudi Arabia of orchestrating the “detention of Hariri in violation of international law.” Hariri suspended his resignation after returning to Lebanon on November 22nd while continuing to deny that he had been held in Saudi Arabia against his will.

Was Hariri a hostage? Was he forced to resign? Did he have access to his mobile phones? Is he still wearing his smartwatch? Were his assets in Saudi Arabia seized? What should we make of his latest interview? Was the man in the background an envoy of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman?