Lebanon’s ambassador to Bahrain was summoned by the kingdom’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and handed a letter of protest over remarks made by a Lebanese minister about the role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the civil war in Yemen.
Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi had said in previously televised comments that resurfaced on social media on Tuesday that the Houthi rebels in Yemen were “defending themselves against external aggression.” When asked if he was talking about the actions of Saudi Arabia and UAE in the conflict, he said, “Of course. It is an aggression.”
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