Pro-Hizbullah Journalists Banned from Entering Gulf as Saudi Mulls Deporting 400 Lebanese

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After the UAE expelled more than 70 Lebanese citizens in March, Saudi Arabia is contemplating the deportation of hundreds of Lebanese expats amid a heated row with Hizbullah over the Riyadh-led military operation in Yemen.

According to information obtained by Naharnet, Saudi authorities are assessing the situations of around 400 Lebanese nationals who might be deported soon from the kingdom.

Naharnet has also learned that the Saudi labor ministry is inclined to revoke the residency permit of Samar Khayat, the wife of al-Jadeed TV owner Tahsin Khayat.

She owns a Saudi-based event management company.

Furthermore, a number of pro-Hizbullah Lebanese and Arab journalists have also been barred from entering Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states.

They include Lebanese journalist Ghassan Jawad, according to the information.

Jawad is close to Hizbullah and is known for his fiery statements against Saudi Arabia. He had recently slammed the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen during an interview on MTV.

Around 70 Lebanese citizens, mostly Shiites, were deported in mid-March from the United Arab Emirates, prior to the Emirati participation in the Saudi-led campaign.

Hundreds of Lebanese have been quietly deported from the UAE since 2009.

Deportations of Shiites from oil-rich Gulf states rose in 2013 after Hizbullah joined Syrian government forces in Syria's civil war.

The developments come amid a war of words between Hizbullah and Saudi Arabia over the Yemeni conflict.

“I do not believe that Yemen is any of Hizbullah's concern,” Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri said in remarks to As Safir newspaper that were published Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes in Yemen on March 25, announcing that it had put together a coalition of more than 10 countries, including five Gulf monarchies, for the military operation to defend Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansur Hadi's government against Huthi rebels.

The military move against the Shiite rebels triggered fury from Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran, Hizbullah's main regional ally, with officials in Tehran warning that the military action threatened to spill over into other countries.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has fiercely slammed the kingdom's offensive, promising Riyadh that it will suffer a “major defeat.” Other Hizbullah officials have also blasted the Saudi-led operation.

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Comments 28
Missing peace 15 April 2015, 21:24

funny but you denied the syrian people to have their arab spring... double standards i guess, ya hypocrit hezbi lover...

Thumb Mystic 15 April 2015, 22:26

5aye southern, the wahabis are already feeling it deeply. Look at all their desperate attempts to look powerful, they can't win against the Ansarallah even if they send a million bombs.

Now they want to remove all minority sects from Saudi Arabia, after their King died, they have been heavily weakened they act out of desperation now.

Missing peace 15 April 2015, 22:36

"do you believe that there were arab spring, really!?, no"

yes there were before bashar started shooting the protesters like rabbits and encouraging them to take up arms... and then they encouraged the rise of the islamists to make people like you believe there is no other choice than bashar...and now the situation is as it is because bashar desperately prefers his throne than the welfare of his country.

Thumb ansarullah 15 April 2015, 22:38

Ansarrulah are indestructible, fearless, and deprive their strength from god.

Thumb geha 16 April 2015, 08:23

I think that southern should tell those evicted from the Gulf country: it doesn't matter :)

people are loosing their work and their life, and for what? to please iran!

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 16 April 2015, 10:54

As long as Mystic and Southern are getting paid, they could care less for other Lebanese.

Missing peace 15 April 2015, 21:26

would iran accept anti iranian journalists to enter its soil as a good democracy they are? LOL

Missing mohammad_ca 15 April 2015, 21:55

Yes they would provide them "protection" by the besig militia that killed peaceful Iranian protesters protesting Khamenei and Ahmadinajad

Missing helicopter 16 April 2015, 03:03

During Friday prayers Reza and all others chanted death to America, death to Israel, death to England. Reza considers himself a foot soldier of the Khomeini and Khameini (just like Mystic).
When interviewed by a reporter after the prayers here is how the interview went:
Q) Why do you chant death to America, to Israel, to England?
S) Because the Ayatollah told us 50 years ago that they are evil.
Q) Are you afraid of change
A) Yes I am very afraid of change. My nephew is in USA and he is not welcome home anymore because his wife does not cover up and they think personal freedom is more important than what original Islam teaches
Q) What do you do when your fellow Irnainas do not share your view?
A) We give 3 choices:shut up, get the hell out of the country, or go to jail.
............ ela3ql zeeny wel-2hawyeeno @lel
Summary of what our HA posters preach on this forum (progressive thinkers). This is the Lebanon they want for us (one shade better than ISIS)

Thumb ex-fpm 15 April 2015, 21:41

the KSA has been more than patient and accommodating. It is time to take some action against these hired mouthpieces and ungrateful people. Go work in Iran

Thumb justin 15 April 2015, 21:53

Iran and its proxies and those who swear allegiance to it should bear the consequences of their actions. No Sympathy at all here... fair is fair.

Thumb EagleDawn 15 April 2015, 21:55

2 minutes ago:National News Agency: Gunfire from Syria targeted the outskirts of the Akkar towns of al-Noura, al-Abboudiyeh and the highway linking al-Abboudiyeh to Menjez.

and the response was articulated by the huthi mouthpiece:

"_mowaten_

The resistance will resist and defend lebanon against any threat"

Thumb canadianpaul 15 April 2015, 22:21

KSA to Hizbos: Yalla zahit!

Thumb canadianpaul 15 April 2015, 22:21

KSA to Hizbos: Yalla zahit!

Thumb joebustani 15 April 2015, 22:43

bless anyone person, entity, organization, brigade or country that inflicts pain and suffering, death, torture, and destruction upon the iranian sectarian terrorist militia and its members, supporters or followers wherever they may be.

Thumb Mrowwe 15 April 2015, 22:58

If lebanese shiites hate saudi arabia, why do they go there, work there, do business there and what not? Why not Iran?

Thumb Mrowwe 15 April 2015, 23:40

Lol i posted my comment 41 minutes ago and it already has 13 down votes? Hahahahaha.. well that escalated quickly :)

Thumb joebustani 15 April 2015, 22:58

make the criminals cross the yemeni-saudi border on foot

Thumb Mystic 15 April 2015, 23:53

That's the way the Wahabis work, they can't win on the battlefield, so they turn to their economics instead.

Wahabis and Zionists have a way of using the same tactics together.

Missing peace 16 April 2015, 00:17

so true M11er! but M8ers do not fear to be ridicule: it s their nature... they go as the wind blows

Thumb liberty 16 April 2015, 00:27

Saudi Arabia is not deporting Lebanese. It is deporting Iranian shias falsely carrying Lebanese passports who harbor ill feelings, hatred, and malice against the Kingdom. These Iranians should be marched shamelessly on the streets of Riyadh and paraded wearing T-Shirts that say "We Deserve it".

Missing mohammad_ca 16 April 2015, 00:31

Deporting seems far less barbaric than say killing them like Iran's besig or ASSad's shabiha

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 16 April 2015, 00:40

We ( the shias ) hate Saudis (for religious reasons), we curse them, we curse their religion, we curse their leaders, we accuse them of the worst things under the sun, our leader waves his finger at them and threatens them and wishes their defeat and demise all under our freedom of speech and we want the Saudis to give us jobs, residences, and opportunities.

Thumb farsical.resistance 16 April 2015, 04:16

The illiterate Shiite still trying to pass for a Christian from Portugal, the moron does not know that not even millions of years of evolution could turn a Muslim into a Christian's not even a braindead one.

Thumb farsical.resistance 16 April 2015, 04:16

The illiterate Shiite still trying to pass for a Christian from Portugal, the moron does not know that not even millions of years of evolution could turn a Muslim into a Christian's not even a braindead one.

Thumb farsical.resistance 16 April 2015, 04:20

Hezbollah keeps telling everybody that 90 percent of Lebanese Shiites support them. So accordingly the Saudis should be deporting more like 180 000 Lebanese Shiites working there and their families not just 400. After all they support a self proclaimed sworn enemy of the Kingdom and could potentially cause it mortal danger. I am sure Hezbollah and Iran would be more than happy to find them jobs probably digging holes for the all returning jihadis who died while performing their jihadi duty not very well I'm afraid.

Thumb EagleDawn 16 April 2015, 08:27

nezlet dama3teh ya man... oussa mo2asserah fi3lan(:

Default-user-icon Shame (Guest) 16 April 2015, 08:50

Shame on you naharnet
How do youi accept to suspend accounts without investigating first ?
Shame shame shame on naharnet