US declares Lebanese consul general in Detroit persona non grata: Report

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Lebanese Embassy in Washington says it received formal notice of expulsion decision from US State Department, Lebanese media reports

Rania Abushamala

07 November 2026•Update: 07 November 2026

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ISTANBUL

The US declared Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon’s consul general in Detroit, Michigan, persona non grata, Lebanese media reported Saturday.

Lebanon’s Embassy in Washington told the newspaper Annahar that the US State Department had formally notified it of the decision to expel Charara.

Neither the US State Department nor Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry had issued an official statement on the matter.

The decision followed US media coverage of old social media posts attributed to Charara.

In a Nov. 2 report, the Washington Free Beacon cited a 2021 post that it said showed the diplomat “praised Hezbollah's 1983 suicide attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks, which killed 241 American service members.”

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What it gets right

“Lebanon’s Embassy in Washington told the newspaper Annahar that the US State Department had formally notified it of the decision to expel Charara.”
Anadolu names the chain of sourcing for the expulsion: the embassy, speaking to a named newspaper. The State Department later confirmed the decision, as The National reported.
“old social media posts attributed to Charara”
Anadolu writes 'attributed to' and does not state as fact that Charara wrote the posts. It keeps the status of an unconfirmed media claim.
“cited a 2021 post that it said showed the diplomat”
Anadolu keeps the reading of the post with the Washington Free Beacon and quotes it. It does not adopt that outlet's description in its own voice.

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