Hezbollah urges Lebanon to declare US ambassador ‘persona non grata’

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Hezbollah urged Lebanese authorities on Monday to declare the US ambassador “persona non grata” after the envoy suggested those who had offended a senior Christian religious leader should leave the country. The controversy erupted on Saturday after a video published by Lebanese television channel LBCI caricatured Hezbollah leaders and fighters as characters from the “Angry Birds” mobile phone games, triggering sectarian-tinged debate. – Hezbollah urges Lebanon to declare us ambassador ‘persona non grata’