Arabs should consider economic sanctions on U.S. over Jerusalem: Lebanon
.— file photoCAIRO: Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Saturday that Arab nations should consider imposing economic sanctions against the United States to prevent it moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
"Pre-emptive measures (must be) taken against the decision ... beginning with diplomatic measures, then political, then economic and financial sanctions," Bassil said at a meeting of foreign ministers at the Arab League in Cairo.
Related Stories
US fighter shot down in ‘apparent case of friendly fire’ over Red Sea
US launches airstrikes in Yemen after Houthi attack on Israel kills 16
German Christmas market attack kills five, injures 200
House passes bill to avert government shutdown, rejects Trump’s debt ceiling demand
Pentagon takes cautious stance on Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme
Greek coastguard recovers bodies of eight migrants after collision off Rhodes
Most Popular
Comments are closed on this story.