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Arab League denotes Hezbollah terrorist organization




Bahraini FM Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, left, speaks as Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for FA, right, listens during a meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017.

Arab League denotes Hezbollah terrorist organization

Nov. 19, 2017

BEIRUT: Foreign ministers from Arab states have agreed on a resolution designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheith announced Sunday.

According to local media, Lebanon objected to the designation.

Gheith said that he would not "rule out going to the United Nations Security Council as a next step," during a press conference after the assembled foreign ministers held a closed session.

The announcement came after Arab foreign ministers blasted Iran's growing interference in the region and criticized it for assaulting Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia.

In an urgent session held at the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo, Hezbollah was also accused of threatening the security of the region and of exerting control over Lebanon.

“The international community has placed Iran under sanctions because of its violations of international laws and countries' sovereignty as well as implanting terrorist cells, smuggling weapons and assaulting diplomatic envoys,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said. “[They] use a policy of assassinating diplomats and creating agents in our region such as the Houthis and Hezbollah.”

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First Deputy Prime Minister and FM Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah during an emergency meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers

The meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, called for by Saudi Arabia to discuss Iran’s “violations” in the region,” was only the 12th emergency summit to be held since the organization’s founding in 1945.

According to a memorandum broadcast on Egyptian State News, the meeting, which brings together 21 Arab states, was requested by Saudi Arabia after a missile was fired at Riyadh on Nov. 4.

Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have blamed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen for the incident.

Following the missile strike, Saudi Arabia accused Iran of “direct military aggression.”

The memo also included claims by Riyadh of Iranian involvement in the “sabotage” of an oil pipeline in Bahrain Friday.

The meeting comes after Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation in a televised speech from Riyadh on Nov.4.

Jubeir, who spoke during the session that was open to the media, accused Iran of attempting to destabilize the region and cause conflict, warning that any leniency in dealing with Iran will encourage impunity.

"The ballistic rocket that was launched at Riyadh reflects the constant Iranian assaults against the kingdom that has witnessed 80 ballistics rockets with the Iranian ID on them," Jubeir said, adding that they have been launched by the Houthis in Yemen. "Remaining silent on these traitorous attacks through its agent in the region will not make any Arab country safe from these ballistic rockets."

He went on to say that Iran's acts and its attacks on certain holy sites in Saudi Arabia were a provocation to all Muslims.

"Since the beginning, our country attempted to create a good relationship with the neighboring country," Jubeir said, adding that despite these attempts to reach across the aisle, Iran didn't meet the kingdom in the middle.

"What is required is a serious and true stand with our countries and people," Jubeir said.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid al-Khalifa struck a more aggressive tone when speaking on Hezbollah, saying that it was Iran's biggest proxy in the region.

"Lebanon is under terrorist Hezbollah's full control," Khalifa said.

Aboul Gheith also denounced Iran's actions that have been made by some Iranian officials.

He accused it of supporting "armed militias in several Arab countries." Aboul Gheith said that Iranian intervention has undermined any attempt to build trust with Arab states.

"Iran is aiming to be a dagger in the belly of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf and the Yemeni people are the ones paying the price."


 














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