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Saudi Arabia will take arms bound for Lebanon

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hezbollah-lebanon-flagSaudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Saturday the kingdom will keep French military supplies previously intended for Lebanon under a $3 billion aid program, as Riyadh toughens its stance against Hezbollah.

Last month the oil-rich Gulf state halted the program in protest against Hezbollah, the Shiite militant group fighting in support of Syria’s regime – which Saudi opposes.

“We didn’t stop the contract. It’s just going to Saudi Arabia, not to Hezbollah,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said at a news conference in Paris.

“We have a situation where Lebanon’s decisions have been hijacked by Hezbollah. The contracts will be completed but the clients will be the Saudi military.”

On Wednesday the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council declared Hezbollah – which has lawmakers in the Lebanese parliament – a “terrorist” group in the latest step against the organisation as ties between its main backer Iran and regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia deteriorate.

Gulf monarchies had already sanctioned Hezbollah in 2013 in reprisal for its armed intervention in Syria.

Last week Riyadh upped measures against the group, freezing assets and prohibiting dealings with three Lebanese nationals and four companies.

AFP

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4 responses to “Saudi Arabia will take arms bound for Lebanon”

  1. AusLeb Avatar
    AusLeb

    Well thats just great, how dumb are our politicians not to see that all the Hezzies are trying to do is weaken the army and keep up the facade that they need to be there since the army cant protect Lebanon. This is exactly what they want to happen, they will hope that the US next will stop supplying anything to the army and then we would have to beg our new masters Iran into helping us out… We may as well start learning Persian soon!

    1. man-o-war Avatar
      man-o-war

      The only ones that have kept the Lebanese military weak are the ones that work at the behest of Israel. Thats a fact! The US has never really supplied anything of real worth when it comes to military equipment. The only reason HA has the equipment it has is because it gets them by going around the military sanctions Israel and its allies have imposed on Lebanon.

    2. CupOfCoffee Avatar
      CupOfCoffee

      Believe me no one can weaken an army unless the army is already weak. Hezb in my opinion is helping army and has helped not too long ago with operations against terrorism in Lebanon and on borders. The only thing that can weaken the army is sectarianism and worshipping own sect war lord.

  2. man-o-war Avatar
    man-o-war

    “We didn’t stop the contract. It’s just going to Saudi Arabia, not to Hezbollah,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said at a news conference in Paris. What a freaking joke. Are they now trying to insinuate that they were supplying 4 billion dollars in equipment to HA? Lying jackasses are just trying to stir up more trouble.

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