FILE PHOTO: A man walks near a newspaper with a headline that reads " Saudi Arabia announces a boycott with Lebanon" in Beirut, Lebanon, October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain's foreign ministry on Tuesday urged citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately, the state news agency reported, amid a deepening row over comments by a Lebanese minister that were critical of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia expelled Lebanon's envoy and banned all Lebanese imports on Friday. Bahrain and Kuwait followed suit.
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