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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kareem Chehayeb

Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties

Lebanon Saudi Arabia - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat visited Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the small Mediterranean country.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan's visit comes almost two months after a ceasefire went into effect that halted Israel and the Hezbollah group's war that battered southern Lebanon and destroyed much of the group's military capabilities. It also comes following a lightening insurgency in Syria in December that ousted Bashar Assad and ended decades of his family's rule.

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