Kuwait, UAE join Saudi Arabia with measures against Lebanon

By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese politicians are in contact with foreign officials to try to resolve a diplomatic row between Lebanon and Gulf nations led by Saudi Arabia that was triggered by a Lebanese Cabinet minister’s comments on the war in Yemen. Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates followed the Saudis and Bahrain with punishable measures against Lebanon on Saturday, increasing pressure on the small, crisis-hit country. Lebanon’s information minister has described the war in Yemen as an aggression by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.