‘Enough is Enough’

Riyadh : Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir issued a stark warning to Iran yesterday saying, “Enough is enough. We’re not going to let you do this anymore.”

The minister, in an interview with Reuters, made clear that the kingdom’s actions in the Middle East were a response to the “aggression” of
Iran.

“Any way you look at it, they (the Iranians) are the ones who are acting in an aggressive manner. We are reacting to that aggression,” Jubeir told Reuters. 

Jubeir told the agency that the Kingdom is consulting with its allies about the actions that must be taken against Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- an Iranian ally -- to end its dominance in the Mediterranean nation and intervention in other countries.

“We will make the decision when the time comes,” he said, without elaborating on the options under
consideration.

Jubeir said Hezbollah, which he described as a subsidiary of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, must disarm and become a political party for Lebanon to stabilise.

“Whenever we see a problem, we see Hezbollah act as an arm or agent of Iran and this has to come to an end,” he said after meeting his French counterpart in Riyadh.

Jubeir accused the Iran-aligned Houthis of besieging civilian areas and preventing supplies from coming in or out of Yemen.

“That’s why you have the starvation that’s taking place in Yemen and people need to do a more serious job of holding Houthis accountable for this,” he said.

Jubeir said domestic anti-corruption investigations which have netted senior princes, officials and businessmen in the past two weeks were ongoing.