Saudi Arabia stops military assistance to Lebanon

Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it will stop helping the Lebanese army and security forces because of the Lebanese political stances, Saudi Press Agency reported.

Saudi Arabia has decided to protect its own interests, through stopping the military assistance worth three billion U.S. dollars to the Lebanese army and the unpaid one billion U.S. dollars to the security forces, the report said.

A Saudi government official said that despite of the decision, the country will continue to stand with Lebanese nationals as such stances don't represent them.

Lebanon hasn't condemned the attacks on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad last month. Endit