Paper Discloses S. Arabia's Intention to Spread Yemen War to Lebanon

Rasa - Jordanian Ambassador to Washington Dina Kawar's official correspondence and diplomatic exchanges revealed that Riyadh has been seeking to spread the war against Yemen to Lebanon, a Lebanese paper revealed.

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Date: 28 April 2018 - 22:13

RNA - The Arabic-language al-Akhbar newspaper released the text of a letter wrote by Kawar to the UAE diplomats on November 22, 2017, in which she elaborated on her meeting with Mike Bell, a retired US Army colonel who served in the Iraq war and is now Trump's top Middle East adviser on the National Security Council.

Quoting Bell, Kawar wrote, "Abdolrahman al-Sadhan, a senior advisor to Mohammed bin Salman (the Saudi crown prince), has said that it is better to spread the proxy wars against Iran in Yemen to Lebanon."

The Lebanese newspaper had also earlier this week disclosed a new document showing that the UAE foreign ministry had rendered all-out financial support for Hezbollah's adversaries in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lebanon.

Al-Akhbar released a telegraph sent by Hamdan Seyed al-Hashemi, the UAE consul-general in Beirut, to the country's deputy foreign minister on December 19 to introduce 28 Shiite Lebanese candidates who have adopted strong positions against Hezbollah and Amal movement.

According to Fars News Agancy, it also called for financial support for the candidates to launch election campaign.

Qalib Yaqi, Hareth Suleiman, Manni Fayyadh, Hoda al-Husseini, Mostafa Fahas, Ali al-Amin, Mohammed Barakat, Imad Qamiheh, Hadi al-Amin, Hessan al-Zin, Tha'er Qandour, Vazah Shararah, Omar Harqous, Ahmad Ismail, Manif Faraj, Loqman Salim, Malik Marvah, Nadim Qatish, Ziyad Majed, Saud al-Mola, Farouq Yaqoub, Abbas al-Johari, Sobhi al-Tofaili, Mohammed Abdolhamid Bayzoun, Ibrahim Shamseddin, Salah al-Harakat, Ahmed al-Asa'ad and Eqab Saqar are the names mentioned in the message.

Meantime, secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said his group sought a clean and fair election as the Arab country gears up for a legislative vote.

Addressing his supporters via a televised speech broadcast live from the coastal city of Byblos last Monday, Nasrallah stressed that people from all walks of life, religions and social status must participate in Lebanon’s May 6 election, and determine the future of their country.

Nasrallah then pointed out that Lebanon could only be built through cooperation among all political factions.

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