MANAMA: The leader of Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, is a “terrorist” who must be stopped, Bahrain’s foreign minister said yesterday.

“Terrorist Nasrallah has declared war on his nation,” said Sheikh Khaled Al Khalifa on his Twitter account.

“Stopping him and rescuing Lebanon from his grip is a national and religious duty for all of us,” he said.

Sunni-ruled Bahrain with a Shia majority has repeatedly described Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and called to blacklist it.

Yemen to contact US on Gitmo returnees

SANA’A: Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al Kurbi said yesterday that Yemen is to coordinate with the United States to organise the return of Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

“We are going to make contact with US authorities to prepare the repatriation of the Yemenis held at Guantanamo,” Kurbi said on the defence ministry’s website, 26sep.net.

He said the Americans were expected to organise the transfer in groups.

In a move welcomed by Sanaa, US President Barack Obama pledged on Thursday to end a moratorium on sending Yemeni prisoners held at the US military base in Cuba to the Arabian peninsula.

Of the 86 inmates cleared for release, most — 56 — are from Yemen, where Al Qaeda has established a foothold. Overall, a total of 84 Yemenis are currently held at the jail.

Agencies