Is it thus being considerate of the Lebanese governmentвЂ™s decision? Perhaps.вЂќ The person added: вЂњIt is enough for Hezbollah to say that the events were held in Lebanon and the coverage of the two events may well be insignificant. They were also asked to take all necessary investigative measures to collect information on the organizers and invitees.ДЄ Lebanese political source opposed to Hezbollah earlier told Arab News: вЂњThe partyвЂ™s stance comes in the context of sending messages, albeit attenuated, to those concerned, through which Iran and Hezbollah want to convey that there will be no concession in this regard, as concessions usually have a price.вЂќ The interior minister on Friday night requested the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces and the General Directorate of Public Security to inform the Resalat Theater management not to conduct the two events because they did not obtain permission. Hezbollah suggested the events be held at the Resalat Theater in a suburb of southern Beirut supervised by the Hezbollah-affiliated Ghobeiry municipality. Media outlets close to Hezbollah announced that the event scheduled for Friday at the Assaha Hotel would be postponed until Tuesday, while MondayвЂ™s event would go ahead as scheduled. Kordahi resigned in December in a bid to ease diplomatic tensions and restore trust between the two sides. Lebanese authorities are keen to prevent any attempt to obstruct efforts to strengthen relations with the Gulf in light of the recent Kuwaiti initiative. In October, Gulf states suspended diplomatic ties with Lebanon after the airing of comments on the Yemen conflict by then Information Minister George Kordahi. The Lebanese government expressed its regret that Beirut hosted the event, with Prime Minister Najib Mikati saying he would not let groups вЂњuse Lebanon as a platform to offend Bahrain,вЂќ just as he refused to offend other Arab countries, especially the GCC states. Manama expressed its dissatisfaction at the time at вЂњLebanon allowing a group banned in Bahrain to hold a conference.вЂќ

The ministry ordered security services to вЂњdeport all non-Lebanese members of the Bahraini opposition party Al-Wefaq,вЂќ the day after the press conference on Dec. The block comes two months after Lebanon ordered the expulsion of members of BahrainвЂ™s opposition party, Al-Wefaq, after they held a news conference in Beirut that irked authorities in Bahrain, where the group is banned. вЂњUpon discovering that the seminars dealt with a specific political issue, the management contacted the concerned parties and canceled the reservations.вЂќ вЂњMedia agencies booked the hotel for two seminars without providing the management with details,вЂќ it said in a statement on Friday. The hotel denied having any knowledge of the nature of the events. The ministry acted after invitations for the events appeared on social media. The office of the interior minister said: вЂњAfter consulting with the prime minister, Mawlawi asked the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces and the General Directorate of General Security to immediately instruct the hotel management not to host the two events because they did not obtain legal permissions, and to take all necessary investigative measures to collect information on the organizers and invitees.вЂќ вЂњIf these two events were to take place, they would undermine official Bahraini authorities and Gulf states, thus blocking efforts by Lebanon to boost ties with these countries,вЂќ the ministry said in a statement. Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said he blocked the events at the Assaha Hotel on Beirut Airport Road for a group that calls itself the вЂњBahraini Youth Coalition,вЂќ which were due to take place on Friday and Monday. BEIRUT: Lebanon has banned Bahraini opposition forces from holding two political events at a hotel in BeirutвЂ™s southern suburbs, a stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah.

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