Kordahi, who delivered remarks critical of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen prior to

Arabia, Kordahi responded: “ But you need to also look at the damages inflicted on them as a people

Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi speaks to journalists after a cabinet meeting at the

Kordahi's resignation would have knock-on effects that could threaten Prime Minister Najib Mikati's

Lebanon’s prime minister and president discussed the Saudi decision and asked the country’s information minister to take the “ appropriate decision, ” an apparent call for him to resign in hopes it will ease the tension.... Saudi state media added in their report that the kingdom’s ambassador to Beirut was also asked to head back home.... California has stopped recording week-over-week declines in coronavirus cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations. Regional economic powerhouse Saudi Arabia, one o

BEIRUT( REUTERS)-Saudi Arabia ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave within 48 hours on Friday( Oct 29) and banned all Lebanese imports in response to critical comments made by a Lebanese minister about the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. The diplomatic rupture throws Lebanon's Cabinet into further crisis as it tries to rally Arab support for its ailing economy. Saudi Arabia also recalled its ambassador to Lebanon for consultations, the Saudi state news agency SPA repo

BEIRUT: Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d’affaires on Saturday to leave the emirate within two days over comments made by a Lebanese minister regarding the war in Yemen.... Later on Saturday, the United Arab Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency said on Twitter that it would withdraw its diplomats from Lebanon in solidarity with Saudi Arabia.... The tweet also said Emiratis would be prevented from travelling to Lebanon....

BEIRUT( Reuters)-Already mired in economic collapse, Lebanon is facing a blast of Gulf Arab anger after a prominent broadcaster-turned-minister levelled blunt criticism at Saudi Arabia, in a row that has further strained Beirut's ties with once generous benefactors.... But while Riyadh may be able to isolate Lebanon, it would not be able to isolate Hezbollah, the official said.... In 2017, then Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri unexpectedly resigned while on a visit to Riyadh, plunging Lebanon int

DUBAI( Reuters)-Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, said on Saturday that Lebanon needs to demonstrate that its powerful Iran-allied Hezbollah movement can change its behaviour to mend a rift with Gulf Arab states. Lebanon is facing a diplomatic crisis with Gulf states, triggered by a minister's critical comments about the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen that prompted Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait to expel Lebanon's top diplomats and recall their own envoys. Concerned about Hezb

Aoun, a political ally of Hezbollah, said in a tweet on Sunday Lebanon was keen on maintaining" the best relations" with the Gulf Arab states and that the Kuwaiti proposals would be discussed before an appropriate position was announced.... The leaders of Hezbollah, the country's most powerful armed group with ministers affiliated to it in the cabinet, regularly attack Arab Gulf states' policies in the region and accuse its leaders of serving Washington's interests.... Gulf states accuse Hezbo