Saudi Embassy in Lebanon Urges Citizens to Take Precautions
The Saudi embassy in Lebanon called on its citizens on Friday to take precautions in the country.
"We urge Saudi citizens in Lebanon to limit their movements and to communicate with the embassy when necessary,” it said.
Alriyadh.net news portal clarified: “The decision was made due to Lebanon's latest security-related developments”.
Several security incidents took place in the country in the past few weeks, requiring an army interference to restore stability.
On Friday, controversial Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and his supporters rallied after the Muslim prayers in Abra neighborhood in the southern city of Sidon, to protest claims that Hizbullah rented apartments in the vicinity of his mosque in the town.
The protest ended calmly after al-Asir called on his supporters to head peacefully to the two apartments claimed to be owned by Hizbullah until the army detains the residents.
Meanwhile in the northern city of Tripoli, several roads were blocked on Friday in protest at a dispute that erupted between army troops and the bodyguards of Salafist cleric Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar.
Protesters shouted slogans condemning “the harassment against clerics” and threatening further escalation “should this treatment continue”.
In August 2012, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri urged all KSA citizens to leave the country “immediately”, after media reports said a Saudi man and his son were kidnapped by al-Meqdad clan in retaliation for the abduction of one of its members in Damascus by the Syrian opposition.
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