Saudis, Qataris Urged to Leave Lebanon as Threats Grow
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Persian Gulf citizens were urged to leave Lebanon after kidnapping threats were made against them following the abduction of a Lebanese man in Syria, raising concern that the Syrian crisis was spilling across borders.
In New York, the United Nations Security Council agreed not to renew the mandate for the observer mission in Syria and the operation will “fade out” beginning Aug. 19, French Ambassador to the UN Gerard Araud said. The council endorsed a plan by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to open a small political liaison office in Damascus to prepare for what follows the Syrian regime headed by President Bashar al-Assad.