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Washington expels a Lebanese diplomat

Lebanon ·

Sources at Lebanon's Foreign Ministry told Asharq Al-Awsat that the US State Department formally informed the Lebanese embassy in Washington of a decision concerning the Lebanese consul.

Lebanon and the United States have close but often strained ties, with Washington pressing Beirut over Hezbollah, the Iran-backed movement that is both a political party and an armed group.

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