Washington's decision to expel Lebanese Consul General Ibrahim Charara in a 2021 social media post comes amid growing scrutiny of Lebanon's diplomatic relations with the United States.
￭ The post commemorated the October 23, 1983 resistance operation of American barracks and French military headquarters in Beirut, which killed 241 American soldiers and 58 French paratroopers during the US-led multinational military intervention in Lebanon. The operation hastened the withdrawal of foreign forces, with the US Marines leaving in February 1984.
￭ Charas' expulsion also comes after he attended a dinner for the Arab-American Political Action Committee in Michigan, where he was photographed alongside Democratic Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed.