Lebanon now under ‘total control’ of Hezbollah, says Bahrain FM

Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa is seen before the start of the Arab League meeting in Cairo on Sunday, November 19, 2017. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

CAIRO: Bahrain’s foreign minister said Sunday that Lebanon is under the “total control” of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
“The Lebanese Republic, in spite of our relations with it as a brotherly Arab nation... is under the total control of this terrorist party,” Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa said in a speech at an Arab League meeting in the Egyptian capital.
“Iran’s biggest arm in the region at the moment is the terrorist Hezbollah arm,” Sheikh Khalid charged.
He called on countries such as Lebanon “where Hezbollah is a partner in government to carry their responsibility.”
Saudi Arabia called the meeting of foreign ministers at the League’s headquarters in Cairo to discuss “violations” committed by Iran after a missile was intercepted near Riyadh in a November 4 attack claimed by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen.