Ominous signal, Kuwait warns citizens to get clear of Lebanon

Mansour inquires about Kuwait travel warning
May 21, 2012 -Lebanon Now

Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour contacted his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah to inquire about Kuwait’s travel warning for Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

“[The Kuwaiti minister] said the decision was a result of the events that some Lebanese areas witnessed,” the NNA said, adding that Sabah “promised to reconsider the decision once the reasons that led to taking it [are resolved].”

The NNA added that Mansour received a phone call from Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi and discussed latest Lebanese developments.

On Saturday, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain urged their citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon, where clashes in Tripoli linked to the conflict in neighboring Syria have left 10 people dead. On Monday, Kuwait made a similar move.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, two people were killed in street battles in Beirut after army troops shot dead a Sunni cleric, Ahmad Abdel Wahed, when his convoy allegedly failed to stop at a checkpoint in North Lebanon.
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