The Gulf Cooperation Council, a body composed of all Persian Gulf nations, will meet in the morning to discuss expelling all Lebanese ambassadors from their respective states. Several Gulf states are very close to the Saudi kingdom, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait, while Qatar has mended its relationship with the Saudi bloc over the past year, but remains in a careful balancing act with Iran, as well.
Lebanese television also reported that Habib had asked Kordahi to "do the right thing" and resign.
In the interview that aired on Monday, Kordahi said the Houthis were "defending themselves ... against an external aggression" and that their "homes, villages, funerals and weddings were being bombed" by the coalition. He also called the Saudis' seven-year war effort "futile" and said was "time for it to end."
In November 2017, Lebanon's then-Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, was effectively kidnapped for two weeks during a vacation in Saudi Arabia and forced to deliver a pre-written resignation message. While he did so, he voided the declaration as soon as he returned to Lebanon and continued to head the Lebanese government until January 2020.