Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom
ABC News
Saudi state media says the kingdom has ordered the Lebanese ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours
BEIRUT -- Saudi Arabia on Friday 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.
Saudi state media added in its report that the kingdom's ambassador to Beirut was also asked to head back home. The report said that the move will not affect tens of thousands of Lebanese citizens and their families who live and work in the oil-rich kingdom.
