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Arab League ministers to meet on Lebanese crisis
Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss a crisis in Lebanon, the Arab League said on Saturday, after the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah seized control of Beirut.
- Agencies
- Published: 18:45 May 10, 2008
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Cairo: Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss a crisis in Lebanon, the Arab League said on Saturday, after the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah seized control of Beirut.
"The Arab League council at the ministerial level will hold an emergency session on Sunday to discuss the Lebanese crisis and how to deal with it," the League said in a statement.
The meeting came after Saudi Arabia an Egypt - both supporters of the pro-Western Lebanese government - called for an emergency session to discuss the crisis, the worst in Lebanon since the 1975-90 civil war.
Syria's Arab League envoy Youssef Ahmed said that the Syrian foreign minister might not attend the meeting, Egypt's MENA news agency reported.
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