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Saudi FM: No stability in Lebanon unless Hezbollah disarms

BEIRUT – Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Friday that there will be no stability in Lebanon unless the militant group Hezbollah disarms.

 

"This is what we hope," Adel al-Jubeir said at a press conference in Madrid with his Spanish counterpart.

 

It was the second day in a row that the Saudi minister railed against Hezbollah. On Thursday, he called the group a "first-class terrorist organization" that should lay down its arms and respect Lebanon's sovereignty.

 

The escalated rhetoric comes amid a political crisis sparked by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's surprise resignation, citing Iran and Hezbollah's meddling in the region as the reason he was stepping down. The Nov. 4 resignation broadcast from the Saudi capital is widely believed to have been engineered by the Gulf kingdom.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.17.17, 16:40