From
Pepe Escobar
IMPORTANT
LEBANON UPDATE
House
of Saud is telling its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately (well,
no big deal because there's just a few anyway).
Hezbollah
is fortifying the borders - fast.
Rumors
persist that MBS may be crowned King before Saturday.
We're
working hard on the final - and most difficult - part of the puzzle
on MBS's power grab.
House
of Saud has no direct beef with Hezbollah. But then there are the
usual suspects.
Key
angle is whether Sisi in Egypt would allow a direct air corridor to
the Saudis (even if the only thing their pilots can hit is a stranded
vulture - no offense to vultures.)
Saudi
Arabia Orders Its
Citizens To Leave Lebanon
Immediately
9
November, 2017
In a odd coincidence,
just moments after we published an article
laying out Hezbollah's military power at
a time when both Saudi
Arabia and Lebanon appear
to be targeting Lebanon, and just two days after
we discussed a leaked Israeli cable that
confirmed Saudi Arabia and Israel are deliberately coordinating to
destabilize the region and push Lebanon to a state of war, Saudi
Arabia has ordered its citizens residing in Lebanon to leave
immediately in a travel warning issued on Thursday, November 9. As
Al Arabiya adds, the travel warning also called for Saudi nationals
not to travel to Lebanon from any point of origin.
Official
Source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Saudi nationals visiting
or residing in Lebanon are asked to leave the country as soon as
possible.
Riyadh, Safar 20, 1439,
November 09, 2017, SPA -- Due to the situations in the Republic of
Lebanon, the official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
stated that the Saudi nationals visiting or residing in Lebanon are
asked to leave the country as soon as possible.
The Kingdom advised all
citizens not to travel to Lebanon from any other international
destinations.
This follows a similar
warning issued by the Kingdom of Bahrain on November 5 urghing its
nationals residing in Lebanon to leave immediately and to "exercise
caution.” The Bahraini call came a day after Lebanese Prime
Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation, while on location in
Saudi Arabia, citing
concerns he could be assassinated like his father, criticized
the Lebanon-based Hezbollah paramilitary and political movement and
accused Iran of alleged attempts to bring destruction to the region.
The Bahraini foreign ministry said in a statement received by AFP
that its call was "in the interest of its citizens’ safety and
to avoid any risks they may be exposed due to the conditions and
developments” that Lebanon is going through.
Earlier, Reuters
reported that
Lebanon believes former premier Saad al-Hariri, who as noted above
resigned on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh,
and Beirut plans to work with foreign states to secure his return, a
top Lebanese government official said on Thursday. A second Reuters
source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi
Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest. A
third source familiar with the situation said Saudi Arabia was
controlling and limiting his movement.
Saudi Arabia and members
of Hariri’s Future Movement have denied reports that he is under
house arrest. But he has put out no statements himself denying his
movements are being restricted. He made a one-day flying visit to the
United Arab Emirates earlier this week before returning to Saudi
Arabia.
Earlier on Thursday,
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister also
urged the international community to
slap fresh sanctions against Iran, accusing its regional rival of
supporting terrorism.
"We would like to
see sanctions on Iran for its support of terrorism and sanctions on
Iran for violating the ballistic missile resolutions of the United
Nations," Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi minister of foreign affairs,
told CNBC Thursday.
Al-Jubeir also said that
the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was
"weak," especially given Tehran would be capable of
assembling a bomb "within weeks." He added he would like to
see international agencies carry out a "much more robust"
job when conducting inspections in Iran.
Al-Jubeir also described
the situation in Lebanon as "unfortunate" and went on to
accuse Hezbollah of "hijacking the system" and putting
"roadblocks" in front of Hariri at every opportunity. When
asked whether Saudi Arabia was headed for a direct conflict with
Iran, Al-Jubeir replied, "We hope not", and yet just hours
later Riyadh made it clear that any Saudi citizens in Lebanon are now
in danger.
Needless to say,
traditionally such accelerate evacuation orders have preceded
military intervention. Should that be the case again, keep a close
eye on oi
From
Pepe Escobar
IMPORTANT
LEBANON UPDATE
House
of Saud is telling its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately (well,
no big deal because there's just a few anyway).
Hezbollah
is fortifying the borders - fast.
Rumors
persist that MBS may be crowned King before Saturday.
We're
working hard on the final - and most difficult - part of the puzzle
on MBS's power grab.
House
of Saud has no direct beef with Hezbollah. But then there are the
usual suspects.
Key
angle is whether Sisi in Egypt would allow a direct air corridor to
the Saudis (even if the only thing their pilots can hit is a stranded
vulture - no offense to vultures.)
Saudi
Arabia Orders Its
Citizens To Leave Lebanon
Immediately
9
November, 2017
In a odd coincidence,
just moments after we published an article
laying out Hezbollah's military power at
a time when both Saudi
Arabia and Lebanon appear
to be targeting Lebanon, and just two days after
we discussed a leaked Israeli cable that
confirmed Saudi Arabia and Israel are deliberately coordinating to
destabilize the region and push Lebanon to a state of war, Saudi
Arabia has ordered its citizens residing in Lebanon to leave
immediately in a travel warning issued on Thursday, November 9. As
Al Arabiya adds, the travel warning also called for Saudi nationals
not to travel to Lebanon from any point of origin.
Official Source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Saudi nationals visiting or residing in Lebanon are asked to leave the country as soon as possible.
Riyadh, Safar 20, 1439, November 09, 2017, SPA -- Due to the situations in the Republic of Lebanon, the official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Saudi nationals visiting or residing in Lebanon are asked to leave the country as soon as possible.
The Kingdom advised all citizens not to travel to Lebanon from any other international destinations.
This follows a similar
warning issued by the Kingdom of Bahrain on November 5 urghing its
nationals residing in Lebanon to leave immediately and to "exercise
caution.” The Bahraini call came a day after Lebanese Prime
Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation, while on location in
Saudi Arabia, citing
concerns he could be assassinated like his father, criticized
the Lebanon-based Hezbollah paramilitary and political movement and
accused Iran of alleged attempts to bring destruction to the region.
The Bahraini foreign ministry said in a statement received by AFP
that its call was "in the interest of its citizens’ safety and
to avoid any risks they may be exposed due to the conditions and
developments” that Lebanon is going through.
Earlier, Reuters
reported that
Lebanon believes former premier Saad al-Hariri, who as noted above
resigned on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh,
and Beirut plans to work with foreign states to secure his return, a
top Lebanese government official said on Thursday. A second Reuters
source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi
Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest. A
third source familiar with the situation said Saudi Arabia was
controlling and limiting his movement.
Saudi Arabia and members
of Hariri’s Future Movement have denied reports that he is under
house arrest. But he has put out no statements himself denying his
movements are being restricted. He made a one-day flying visit to the
United Arab Emirates earlier this week before returning to Saudi
Arabia.
Earlier on Thursday,
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister also
urged the international community to
slap fresh sanctions against Iran, accusing its regional rival of
supporting terrorism.
"We would like to
see sanctions on Iran for its support of terrorism and sanctions on
Iran for violating the ballistic missile resolutions of the United
Nations," Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi minister of foreign affairs,
told CNBC Thursday.
Al-Jubeir also said that
the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was
"weak," especially given Tehran would be capable of
assembling a bomb "within weeks." He added he would like to
see international agencies carry out a "much more robust"
job when conducting inspections in Iran.
Al-Jubeir also described
the situation in Lebanon as "unfortunate" and went on to
accuse Hezbollah of "hijacking the system" and putting
"roadblocks" in front of Hariri at every opportunity. When
asked whether Saudi Arabia was headed for a direct conflict with
Iran, Al-Jubeir replied, "We hope not", and yet just hours
later Riyadh made it clear that any Saudi citizens in Lebanon are now
in danger.
Needless to say,
traditionally such accelerate evacuation orders have preceded
military intervention. Should that be the case again, keep a close
eye on oi
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