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Kuwait evicts Lebanese envoy over minister comments on Yemen

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By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Kuwait has followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d’affaires to leave the emirate within two days over comments made by a Lebanese minister regarding the war in Yemen. The United Arab Emirates said it would withdraw its diplomats from Lebanon in solidarity with Saudi Arabia. The moves came as the Arab League chief expressed concerns about the deterioration of ties between Lebanon and wealthy Gulf countries over statements made by Information Minister George Kordahi. Kordahi has described the war in Yemen as an aggression by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates..  

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