SEVEN NATIONS CALL ON CITIZENS TO LEAVE LEBANON OUT OF FEAR OF WAR

ISTANBUL, June 30 (Bernama-Anadolu) – Seven countries have called on their nationals to leave Lebanon as fears of war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah grow.

In addition, five other countries have advised their citizens to refrain from traveling to Lebanon, according to the Anadolu News Agency (AA).

The Saudi embassy in Beirut on Saturday called on its citizens currently in Lebanon to “leave Lebanese territory immediately” and stressed that they must “stay in contact with the embassy in case of emergency.”

Australia on Friday “strongly” advised its citizens against travelling to Lebanon, citing the extremely unstable security situation. Foreign Minister Penny Wong urged Australians in Lebanon to leave the country immediately while commercial flights were still available.

The Dutch Foreign Ministry urged its citizens on X to avoid travel to Lebanon and asked those living there to leave the country as commercial air traffic continues.

The German Foreign Ministry also issued a travel warning and called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country. It stressed that “the situation on the border between Israel and Lebanon is very tense.”

In view of the escalating tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the Canadian government also called on its Lebanese nationals to leave the country.

“The safety of Canadians at home and abroad is Canada’s highest priority,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Tuesday.

North Macedonia also called on its citizens on Sunday to leave Lebanon as soon as possible due to the deteriorating security situation.

The warning came after Kuwait urged its citizens on June 22 to avoid travel to Lebanon and urged people living in the country to leave as soon as possible “given the security situation in the region.”

In a related development, the US embassy in Beirut advised against travel to the border areas with Israel and Syria, the UK strongly advised against any travel and the Russian ambassador urged Russians to wait until the situation calms down.

The Irish Foreign Office advised against travel to certain areas and Jordan strongly advised its citizens against travel to Lebanon.

— BERNAMA-ANADOLUM

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