Saudi Arabia expels Lebanon's ambassador over Yemen comments
The Kingdom has also halted imports from Lebanon.
Saudi Arabia expelled Lebanon’s ambassador and said it was ending all imports from the economically troubled Mediterranean country on Friday.
Riyadh has given the ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, Saudi state-run news reported.
The row stems from recorded comments made in August by Lebanon's information minister, George Kordahi, before he took on his current role last month. In the interview, Kordahi criticized the war in Yemen as a dead end.
The recording was publicly revealed earlier this week. In it, Kordahi said Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have taken over most of the country from the Yemeni government since 2014, were defending themselves against Saudi “aggression.”
