Expatriates from Syria and Egypt used sticks and stones to fight each other on a busy Kuwaiti street, prompting the Gulf emirate’s interior minister to order their arrest and deportation from the oil-rich country.

A YouTube film posted on social media showed scores of men attacked each other and pushed their way between cars to chase each other.

Kuwaiti newspapers did not mention the cause of the brawl not did they say whether there were any casualties. They said Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al Sabbah issued orders to the police to arrest those involved and deport them from Kuwait.