WorldUpdated November 7

US orders Lebanese consul in Detroit to leave

The United States designated Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon’s consul in Detroit, persona non grata, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered him to leave, Arab News reported. A State Department spokesperson confirmed the designation and linked it to a reported 2021 social-media post concerning the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut. The post is no longer available, and the report does not independently verify its authorship or wording. Asharq News noted that the US State Department attributed the bombing to Hezbollah in a 2023 statement; the bombing killed 241 US service members.

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