Hezbollah boycotts cabinet session after Beirut expels Iranian ambassador

Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted Lebanon’s cabinet session today in protest over the government declaring the Iranian ambassador persona non grata, a Lebanese official tells AFP.

The two Shia parties have a combined four ministers, with one independent Shia also represented in the cabinet present at the meeting, the official says, as the spat over the Iranian diplomat’s expulsion escalates.

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