Bahrain urges citizens to leave Lebanon

Several Gulf states have taken action against Lebanon recently following comments by a Lebanese minister that were critical of the Saudi intervention in Yemen.
Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi meets with Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (unseen).
Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi meets with Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (unseen) at the Maronite Patriarchate in the mountain village of Bkerki, northeast of the capital, on Oct. 30, 2021. Kuwait gave Lebanon's envoy to the emirate 48 hours to leave, a day after Saudi Arabia made a similar move over the minister's criticism of the Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
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Bahrain urged its citizens today to leave Lebanon “immediately.”

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited in a statement “the situations there that require exercising caution."

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