The Gulf state claims acts by Lebanese group Hezbollah constitute a declaration of war.
Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters
Saudi Arabia has accused Lebanon of declaring war on it, Reuters reports. On Monday, Saudi Arabia announced that attacks by the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah constituted a declaration of war. The announcement comes two days after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned. Hezbollah accused Saudi Arabia of forcing al-Hariri to quit. In a televised statement, Saudi Gulf affairs minister Thamer al-Sabhan said al-Hariri had been warned that Hezbollah's actions “were considered acts of a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia by Lebanon and by the Lebanese Party of the Devil."
