A number of countries call on citizens to leave Lebanon

A number of countries have called on their citizens to leave
Lebanon in the coming days. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of
the U.K. has advised its citizens against traveling to Lebanon and called on
those now in Lebanon to leave the country. Yesterday, the Islamic Republic of
Iran made a similar call as well.

The U.S., Germany, Canada, Belgium, Holland, Saudi Arabia,
Russia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates have come up with such calls as
well.