Portal:Current events/2017 November 10
November 10, 2017
(Friday)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia; Foreign relations of Lebanon
- 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 is "an act of war" by Lebanon. (Al-Jazeera) (NPR)
- French President Emmanuel Macron has paid an unscheduled visit to Saudi Arabia amid an escalating crisis between the kingdom and Lebanon. (BBC)
- Hezbollah declares the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri invalid. Hariri has been detained in Saudi Arabia (presumably in Riyadh) for several days. The Saudi government is accused of pressuring Hariri to resign in the first place. (Al-Jazeera)