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Saudi Arabia tells its citizens to immediately leave Lebanon due to the deteriorating security situation in the south of the country.
2023-10-18

Lebanese voters head to the polls to elect a new session to Parliament. Preliminary counts show the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies, who won in the previous election, losing seats while the Saudi-backed Lebanese Forces made gains.
2022-05-15

The Emirati foreign ministry announces that it will recall its diplomats in Lebanon and ban Emirati citizens from traveling to the country "in solidarity with" Saudi Arabia, which recalled its ambassador to Lebanon over "insulting" remarks about the war in Yemen made by Lebanese information minister George Kurdahi.
2021-10-30

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates both summon their Lebanese ambassadors after Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe accused the Gulf States of playing a role in the rise of ISIL in a heated exchange with a Saudi guest during an interview yesterday. Wehbe has since apologized for his remarks.
2021-05-18

Saudi Arabia, and subsequently the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, urge all citizens currently in Lebanon to leave the country immediately. Recently, Saudi Arabia declared that a missile attack on its airport from Yemen was "an act of war" by Lebanon.
2017-11-10

French President Emmanuel Macron makes an unscheduled visit to Saudi Arabia amidst an escalating crisis between the kingdom and Lebanon. France is a close partner of Lebanon.
2017-11-10

The Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya shuts its offices in Beirut, Lebanon and dismisses 27 employees in a sudden move reflecting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. Saudi Arabia interpreted Lebanon's lack of public solidarity as a sign that it had become beholden to Hezbollah.
2016-04-2

Saudi Arabia pledges US$3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen their military.
2013-12-29

Saudi Arabia police arrest one Iranian, one Lebanese and 16 Saudis on charges of spying.
2013-03-19

Amnesty International asks Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to intervene in the case of a Lebanese man sentenced to death for "sorcery".
2010-03-19