Lebanese Foreign Ministry Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: US Declares Consul Charara Persona Non Grata
Sources at Lebanon's Foreign Ministry confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Lebanese Embassy in Washington had been officially notified by the US State Department of its decision to declare Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon's consul in Detroit, persona non grata and order him to leave the United States within 48 hours. Reports had indicated that the decision followed controversy sparked by American media coverage of old social media posts attributed to Charara, in which he described the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut as an act of "heroic resistance."
