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Saudi announces return of ambassador to Lebanon
2 years, 9 months ago

Saudi announces return of ambassador to Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

Relations have been tense since last year after a former minister criticised Saudi’s role in Yemen. The ambassador is returning in response to calls by “moderate” Lebanese political forces, the foreign ministry said, and after remarks by Prime Minister Najib Mikati regarding “ending all political, military and security activities” that affect Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. Prime Minister Mikati, …

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Lebanese minister resigns in bid to ease crisis with Saudis
3 years, 1 month ago

Lebanese minister resigns in bid to ease crisis with Saudis

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s information minister resigned Friday, a move many hope could open the way for easing an unprecedented diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab nations that has compounded the small country’s multiple crises. George Kordahi, the minister and a prominent former game show host, said he took the decision to step down ahead of French President …

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Lebanon minister Kordahi resigns to resolve Saudi Arabia dispute
3 years, 1 month ago

Lebanon minister Kordahi resigns to resolve Saudi Arabia dispute

Al Jazeera  

Information minister had caused diplomatic fracas after airing of comments in which he criticised Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen. “I won’t accept being used as a reason to harm Lebanon and our Lebanese brothers in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries,” Kordahi said at a news conference on Friday. Lebanon is more important than George Kordahi, and the Lebanese interests …

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UN envoy sounds alarm on Lebanese crises, rising poverty
3 years, 2 months ago

UN envoy sounds alarm on Lebanese crises, rising poverty

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon is a failing state that has also failed its people, leaving them struggling with converging crises that have impoverished the population and eroded trust in authorities, a U.N. expert said Friday. De Schutter warned of a “wasted generation.” After more than a year without a fully-functioning government because of political bickering, Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s Cabinet was …

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Diplomats concerned Gulf spat could harm Lebanese in region
3 years, 2 months ago

Diplomats concerned Gulf spat could harm Lebanese in region

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s ambassadors who were recently asked to leave Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid an unprecedented diplomatic spat with Gulf countries expressed fear Wednesday the dispute could harm the interests of Lebanese living in the region. Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi criticized the war in Yemen that a Saudi-led coalition is waging against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, describing it …

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Not a game show: Ex-TV star at center of Lebanon-Saudi row
3 years, 2 months ago

Not a game show: Ex-TV star at center of Lebanon-Saudi row

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now the former host of the game show “Who …

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Arab League envoy in Beirut to mediate Lebanon-Saudi rift
3 years, 2 months ago

Arab League envoy in Beirut to mediate Lebanon-Saudi rift

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A top Arab League envoy was in Beirut on Monday to explore ways to resolve an unprecedented diplomatic rift between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia that emerged following comments by Lebanon’s information minister on Yemen’s civil war. The Arab League official said his visit was “an initiative to put the crisis on the right track.” Hossam Zaki, the league’s …

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Lebanon PM renews call for minister in Gulf Arab row to quit
3 years, 2 months ago

Lebanon PM renews call for minister in Gulf Arab row to quit

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s prime minister on Thursday again urged the information minister to “do what needs to be done,” an apparent appeal for him step down over an unprecedented diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia. He called Kordahi’s decision would be a “priority and the natural road map to get out of the crisis,” and preserve relations with the Gulf. On …

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Kuwait expels Lebanon envoy in row over the war in Yemen
3 years, 2 months ago

Kuwait expels Lebanon envoy in row over the war in Yemen

The Hindu  

Kuwait gave Lebanon’s Ambassador 48 hours to leave the emirate on Saturday, a day after Saudi Arabia made a similar move over a Minister’s comments about its war in Yemen. asks Lebanese envoy to leave country in 48 hours,” Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday in a brief statement carried by state news agency KUNA. Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said the …

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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain expel Lebanese ambassadors
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain expel Lebanese ambassadors

LA Times  

Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi speaks to journalists after a Cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 13. Saudi Arabia has ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave the country within 48 hours and stopped all imports from Lebanon, a response Friday to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the …

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Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom

The Hindu  

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 …

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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain expel Lebanese ambassadors
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain expel Lebanese ambassadors

Al Jazeera  

The diplomatic feud comes days after footage emerged of Lebanon’s information minister criticising the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Beirut, Lebanon – Saudi Arabia has banned all imports from Lebanon and given the Lebanese ambassador 48 hours to leave the kingdom after footage emerged earlier this week of a minister criticising the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war in Yemen, state news agency …

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Lebanese minister’s Yemen comments further strain ties with GCC
3 years, 2 months ago

Lebanese minister’s Yemen comments further strain ties with GCC

Al Jazeera  

Lebanese gov’t has been desperate to rekindle strained relations with Gulf countries, as it reels from a crippling economic crisis. “And we should not remain prone to blackmail from anyone, not from states, nor embassies, nor individuals.” Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun, who both have pushed for improving ties between Beirut and Riyadh, quickly dismissed Kordahi’s …

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Saudi Arabia, UAE summon Lebanon envoys over Yemen war criticism
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi Arabia, UAE summon Lebanon envoys over Yemen war criticism

Al Jazeera  

Gulf states angered by Lebanese information minister’s remarks about the Saudi-led war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have summoned Lebanon’s ambassadors to protest against Information Minister George Kordahi’s criticism of the Riyadh-led military coalition fighting rebels in Yemen. Kordahi said during an interview aired on Monday that the Iran-backed Houthi rebels are “defending themselves …

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