Report: Kuwait Won't Renew Residency Permits of Dozens of Lebanese

Kuwait’s State Security agency has placed 100 expats of various nationalities on the lists of those barred from renewing their residency permits, Kuwait’s al-Qabas newspaper reported.

“The vast majority of them are Lebanese and the rest are Iranians, Yemenis, Syrians, Iraqis, Pakistanis, Afghans, Bangladeshis and Egyptians,” the daily quoted informed security sources as saying.

“Some of these Lebanese expats are suspected of belonging to Hizbullah or having first or second degree relatives who belong to Hizbullah,” the sources added.

“Some of those barred from renewing their residency permits discovered that upon visiting the residency affairs administrations in the six governorates (of Kuwait), and they were asked to immediately leave the country along with their families,” the sources went on to say.