Hezbollah boycotts cabinet session over Iran ambassador expulsion

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted Lebanon’s cabinet session on Thursday in protest after the government declared the Iranian ambassador persona non grata, a Lebanese official told AFP. The two Shia parties have a combined four ministers, while one independent Shia minister was instead present at the meeting, the official said, as the spat over the Iranian diplomat’s expulsion escalated. – Hezbollah boycotts cabinet session over Iran ambassador expulsion