Saudi Arabia urges citizens to leave Lebanon and avoid visiting

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Tue, 23 Feb 2016 22:08 UTC

In early January, a diplomatic row erupted in the Middle East, with Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia severing diplomatic ties with the region's main Shiite power, Iran,, triggered by Riyadh's execution of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Bahrain, Sudan, Somalia, Comoros and Djibouti in solidarity with Riyadh also severed relations with Iran, Kuwait and Qatar decided to pull out their ambassadors to Iran while the United Arab Emirates downgraded level of diplomatic relations with Tehran.

"The ministry advises all citizens not to travel to Lebanon and demands that all citizens residing or visiting Lebanon to leave the country, not to stay there unless necessary, take care and caution while being there and contact the Saudi embassy in Beirut to provide the necessary facilities and care for their safety," the source was quoted by the official SPA news service as saying.

Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia announced plans to discontinue $4-billion military aid, on $3 billion of which the Lebanese army was due to purchase weapons from France, and an additional $1 billion due to go to the Internal Security Forces.

This came shortly after Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Bassil refused to support the Arab League's resolution condemning Iran and Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement backed by Tehran.

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On the same day, a senior Saudi official said the kingdom was making "a comprehensive review of its relations with the Lebanese republic." The Saudi authority said that they have noticed "hostile Lebanese positions resulting from the stranglehold of Hezbollah on the State."

Reacting to the halt in Saudi aid to the Lebanese military, Hezbollah said in a statement that the decision by the Saudi regime to suspend its aid to the Lebanese army exposes the real face of Saudi Arabia and refutes its claims about fighting terrorism. Hezbollah said Riyadh's decision is merely a political maneuver.

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Ruth · 2016-02-23T23:09:56Z

Something's Cooking

Something's 'cooking' in that area of the world. I wonder what the Saudis and Israelis are up to now? It's quite odd that they have much of the same aims in mind and yet they can't obviously come out and support each others.

Baybars · 2016-02-24T08:07:15Z

Relationship between the al Saud family, the British royal family and the British government dates back to the late 1700's when the British were trying to consolidate their holdings in the Arabian peninsula. The British back the al Saud family in taking over the area using the teachings of a lunatic Sunni cleric by the name of al Wahhab.

Shortly there after the Jewish messianic bankers and industrialists in Britain and Europe enlisted the help of the al Saud family in smoothing the way for the occupation of Palestine, which really began in the late 1800's and early 1900's through land theft from absentee Palestinian land owners. Since al Nakba the al Saud family have been supporting the occupiers and helping them ensure the other Arab nations do not rise up agains the occupation.

In the 70's, when the occupiers of Palestine gained nuclear weapons and technology, it was transfered to the Sunni al Saud family and to the Sunni government in Pakistan. Since al Saud had signed a non-proliferation treaty and wanted to keep its hands clean, he had the Pakistanis build and store a number of nuclear weapons for him, should the time ever come when al Saud felt threatened.

I would imagine the al Saud family are feeling a bit threatened lately...

Dobero · 2016-02-24T10:11:48Z

It may also be that the Saudis may be trying to get Hezbullah to stop their operations in Syria and rush to support Lebanon - without actually intending to attack in Lebanon.

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