Kuwaiti authorities have deported 11 Lebanese and three Iraqis for alleged links with Hezbollah, the Shiite terrorist group based in Lebanon, a local newspaper says Monday.
The 14 were recently expelled at the request of Kuwaiti security services after they were found to belong to Hezbollah, daily Al-Qabas reports, without providing further details.
The newspaper quotes a security official saying that a list had been prepared of Lebanese and Iraqi citizens, some in top corporate positions, “who are unwelcome and should be deported” from Kuwait.
The deportations come amid an increasing crackdown by Sunni Arab Gulf states on foreign citizens with alleged links to Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The Arab League declared Hezbollah a “terrorist” group on March 11, after Gulf monarchies did the same earlier this month over the movement’s support for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria’s war.
Last week, Bahrain deported an unspecified number of Lebanese residents for alleged links to Hezbollah and Saudi Arabia warned that it will punish citizens and residents who “support or demonstrate belonging” to the group.
— Agencies
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