Manama: Kuwait's interior ministry has warned that it would not tolerate demonstrations in front of the Syrian embassy.
The warning was issued following calls to hold anti-Syrian government protests and to push for the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador in the country.
The State Security has taken special measures to prevent any form of demonstrations in front of the embassy, including deploying forces in the area and blocking all roads leading to the building, Arab Times daily reported, citing sources it did not name.
Expatriates arrested for participating in demonstrations will be repatriated for breaking Kuwaiti laws on protests and sit-ins, the ministry said.
Tensions are high in Kuwait after several lawmakers, particularly from the Islamist opposition, have put pressure on the government to sever ties with Damascus and expel the Syrian envoy.
MP Mohammad Hayef waded into controversy for publicly seeking a fatwa, a religious edict, against the life of the Syrian ambassador in Kuwait.
Kuwait on Monday recalled its ambassador in Syria "for consultations", one day after fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Saudi Arabia pulled its head of mission in Damascus.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammad Al Sabah told reporters that his country fully supported the speech by Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on Sunday and in which he said that Riyadh stood "before its historical responsibility toward her brothers and demanded an end to killing and bloodshed and the use of reason before it was too late."
The GCC stance was reinforced by Bahrain on Monday when it became the third Gulf country to pull out its envoy.
"Bahrain recalls its ambassador and stresses the importance of adopting wisdom," Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, the foreign minister, said.
On Saturday, the GCC issued a statement urging Syrian leaders to "resort to wisdom and introduce serious and necessary reforms that would protect the rights and dignity of the people and fulfill their aspirations."
The foreign ministers of the Council that comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are now expected to hold a special meeting next week to discuss developments in Syria.
