Source: Al Arabiya
Security & Justice
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Opinion
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A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
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Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
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Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
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Monday, October 28, 2024
Wednesday 19 July 2023 11:19:32
Saudi FM, French Envoy Discuss Crisis-Struck Lebanon
Saudi Foreign Ministry Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the situation in crisis-struck Lebanon on Tuesday during a meeting with France’s special envoy for Beirut, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
In addition to touching on the latest developments in Lebanon, the officials tackled regional and international matters and efforts exerted in this regard, a tweet from the ministry said.
The meeting between the two comes a day after representatives of France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and the US met to discuss the situation in Lebanon.
The Second Quintet Meeting on Lebanon was held in Qatar’s Doha on Monday, where the five countries vowed to implement “measures” against Lebanese officials blocking the election of a new president.
The representatives expressed their commitment to Lebanon’s sovereignty but voiced their concern that no successor has been elected to replace Michel Aoun, whose term ended in late October.
During their sit down, the foreign ministry said that Prince Faisal and Le Drian also reviewed bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and France and ways to enhance joint coordination in different matters.
The meeting was attended by Advisor to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers Nizar al-Aloula, and French ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ludovic Pouille.
