LONDON: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said on Wednesday the country would not allow anyone to undermine its security and stability by “publishing malicious calls aimed at harming our national unity.”
Speaking during his annual speech on the last ten days of Ramadan, the emir said cooperation between authorities and institutions was the basis for any successful national action and the best way to achieve development.
“We are all required to stand up to the rumors broadcast on social media platforms and to investigate their accuracy to find out the whole truth,” he added.
Sheikh Nawaf called on the country to avoid tensions and discrimination that hinder the progress of development and said it was committed to the democratic approach.
“Our most important priority at this stage is to take care of this promising generation of our youth by qualifying them with the best modern scientific and academic means,” the emir said.
Sheikh Nawaf also praised the efforts of frontline workers and volunteers in all sectors, as well as citizens and residents, in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, and called on everyone to adhere to health precautions.
Kuwait's emir praises frontline health workers in Ramadan address
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Kuwait's emir praises frontline health workers in Ramadan address
- Sheikh Nawaf called on the country to avoid tensions and discrimination that hinder the progress of development
Hezbollah accepts resignation of senior security official Wafiq Safa amid restructuring
- Safa survived an Israeli assassination attempt in October 2024
- A source said “the resignation and its acceptance were part of an internal restructuring move“
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah accepted the resignation of senior security official Wafiq Safa on Friday, the first time an official of his rank has stepped down, sources familiar with the group’s thinking told Reuters.
Safa, who heads Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit responsible for working with Lebanese security agencies, survived an Israeli assassination attempt in October 2024.
A source said “the resignation and its acceptance were part of an internal restructuring move” following losses Hezbollah sustained in last year’s war with Israel, adding that southern commander Hussein Abdullah was appointed to replace Safa.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire in 2024 to end more than a year of cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which had culminated in Israeli strikes that severely weakened the Iran-backed militant group. Since then, the sides have traded accusations of ceasefire violations.
Lebanon has faced growing pressure from the US and Israel to disarm Hezbollah, and its leaders fear that Israel could dramatically escalate strikes across the battered country to push Lebanon’s leaders to confiscate Hezbollah’s arsenal more quickly.
Hezbollah has fought numerous conflicts with Israel since it was founded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 1982. It kept its arms after the end of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, using them against Israeli troops who occupied the south until 2000.
Safa, whom Middle East media reports said was born in 1960, oversaw negotiations that led to a 2008 deal in which Hezbollah exchanged the bodies of Israeli soldiers captured in 2006 for Lebanese prisoners in Israel. The 2006 incident triggered a 34-day war with Israel.
