Lebanon's information minister resigns amid Gulf row

George Kordahi's resignation comes a day before French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia.
George Kordahi, the Lebanese minister of information whose comments on Yemen sparked a row with Gulf countries that has crippled the government for weeks, holds a press conference in Beirut on Dec. 3, 2021 to announce his resignation.
George Kordahi, the Lebanese minister of information whose comments on Yemen sparked a row with Gulf countries that has crippled the government for weeks, holds a press conference in Beirut on Dec. 3, 2021, to announce his resignation. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
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Lebanon’s information minister announced his resignation on Friday, aiming to end a diplomatic spat between Beirut and several Gulf Arab states triggered over his comments criticizing Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen. 

In announcing his resignation on Friday, George Kordahi said he was putting the interests of his country ahead of himself. 

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