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Bahrain deports several Lebanese for Hezbollah links: ministry

Published: 14 Mar 2016 - 12:26 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 09:21 am
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Dubai: The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain has deported several Lebanese residents for links to the Shiite Hezbollah movement, classified by the Arab League as a terrorist group, the interior ministry said Monday.

"A number of Lebanese residents have been deported after it was confirmed that they belonged to and supported terrorist Hezbollah," the ministry said in a statement posted on its Twitter account.

AFP