Saudi Arabia, Bahrain have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been shunned by Arab leaders, due to the crimes perpetrated by his regime against Syrian citizens, is now expected to be welcomed back to the fold and we may soon see him taking part in Arab summits and the Arab League from which he was suspended
Dr Khan, a 1997-batch Indian Foreign Service officer was the Indian Ambassador to Lebanon and had previously served in Saudi Arabia twice in different capacities.