Lebanese Businessmen Plan Meetings with Gulf Officials over Yemen Strikes
Lebanese businessmen in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are planning to visit Gulf countries to announce their support for the Saudi-led coalition against Huthi rebels in Yemen, al-Liwaa daily reported on Tuesday.
The tour of the Lebanese expatriates is aimed at throwing their weight behind the decision of Saudi King Salman last month to carry out air strikes against the Shiite rebels to defend Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansur Hadi's government, said the report.
Al-Liwaa also said that other delegations of Lebanese expats in the Gulf are planning to meet with top Lebanese officials to express their concern over Hizbullah's verbal attacks on GCC leaders, mainly King Salman.
The newspaper quoted a Lebanese source in the Gulf as saying that the financial transactions carried out by Lebanese, who work in the region, reached about 6 billion dollars in 2014.
There are around 500,000 Lebanese expats in the Gulf, the source said.
Last month, the UAE, which hosts 100,000 Lebanese workers, expelled around 70 expatriates, mostly Shiites.
In 2009, dozens of Lebanese Shiites who had lived in the UAE for years were expelled on suspicion of links with Hizbullah.
In 2013, Qatar deported 18 Lebanese nationals after the GCC decided to impose sanctions against Hizbullah for its military intervention in war-torn Syria to support President Bashar Assad.
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