Kuwait emir reappoints nephew as pm after US-backed uprising
JACKSON, Miss.– U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Abdelaziz al-Sissi, a Kuwaiti exile who is the second-highest-ranking Sunni Arab to serve as Lebanon’s minister, to become Lebanon’s prime minister, a move that immediately triggered an outcry among Shiites and Western powers.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition has launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group’s affiliate in southern Iraq that have resulted in nearly 100 civilians killed in two recent airstrikes against the group in the country.
Sissi’s appointment will leave Iraq’s second-highest-ranking Shiite Muslim as the only official in Lebanon with ties to the country’s ruling party and the nation’s Shiite elite, according to Sunni politicians and analysts.
But Albu Nimr, a prominent politician in Beirut, told CNN his country would seek to maintain relations with the United States and its allies “even with al-Sissi,” adding that Sissi’s appointment “will increase distrust between U.S. and Hezbollah.”
The timing of Albu Nimr’s statement is crucial: Sissi was inaugurated as prime minister less than 24카지노 사이트 hours after Trump named his chief of staff, retired Gen.바카라 John Kelly, to serve as White House chief of staff.
Both men, who have also spent time in the U.S. Navy as admirals, met with Trump at the White House Monday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, and the two leaders worked together to build trust and “bring stability to the country.”
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to southern Iraq next week for a meeting with the Iraqi government and Shiite leaders to discuss U.S. policies on issues including the rise of Islamic State, a State Department spokeswoman confirmed to CNN.
‘Alliance between the states and the nations’
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will continue to lead the U.S. effort in Iraq, a senior Pentagon official said.
“The U.S. remains committed to defeating Daesh [IS] and will continue to support Iraqi forces and partner nations across the region,” the official said, using another acronym for the radical Sunni extremist group.
However, there are few signs that the U.