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Lebanon's Foreign Minister condemns alleged Hezbollah operation in Kuwait

1 min Antoine Khoury

Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Raggi expressed his "firm condemnation" of an alleged Hezbollah sabotage operation in Kuwait, following Kuwait's Interior Ministry announcement Monday of the arrest of 16 individuals, 14 Kuwaitis and two Lebanese nationals , accused of Hezbollah affiliation.

Joe Raggi © Mena Today 

Joe Raggi © Mena Today 

Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Raggi expressed his "firm condemnation" of an alleged Hezbollah sabotage operation in Kuwait, following Kuwait's Interior Ministry announcement Monday of the arrest of 16 individuals, 14 Kuwaitis and two Lebanese nationals , accused of Hezbollah affiliation.

According to Kuwaiti authorities, the group "aimed to destabilize the country's security and recruit individuals." The arrests came with the seizure of weapons, camera-equipped drones and Morse code communication devices, a sophisticated toolkit for covert operations.

Beirut's condemnation was swift and unambiguous,  a Lebanese government publicly denouncing Hezbollah's alleged activities in a Gulf state, reflecting the deepening rift between the Lebanese state and the Iranian-backed militia.

Kuwait now joins a long list of countries, from Germany to Argentina, from Bahrain to Cyprus, where Hezbollah's networks have somehow managed to get arrested.

Antoine Khoury

Antoine Khoury

Antoine Khoury is based in Beirut and has been reporting for Mena Today for the past year. He covers news from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey, and is widely regarded as one of the region’s leading experts

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