Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom
The Hindu
The decision came days after a video circulated on social media in which Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi described the war in Yemen as aggression by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia on Friday, October 29, 2021 ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave the country within 48 hours and stopped all imports from Lebanon, a response to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the war in Yemen as Saudi “aggression.”
Hours later, the Kingdom of Bahrain ordered the Lebanese ambassador to leave the country within two days for the same reason, Bahrain's foreign ministry said.
Lebanon's Prime Minister and President discussed the Saudi decision and asked the country's information minister to take the “right decision,” an apparent call for him to resign in hopes it will ease the tension.
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