Israel Saudi Arabia calls on compatriots to leave Lebanon

Saudi Arabia has called on its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately. The reason for this is likely to be fears of a war between Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Saturday that the embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut had appealed to its citizens to leave the country "immediately". It also said that people from Saudi Arabia should no longer travel to Lebanon.

A few days ago, Canada, for example, also called on its citizens to leave the country. The Federal Foreign Office in Berlin has been warning Germans against traveling to Lebanon for some time in light of the current conflict with Israel. German citizens are urgently requested to leave the country. "A further deterioration of the situation and expansion of the conflict cannot be ruled out", according to the Foreign Office.

Since the beginning of the Gaza war almost nine months ago, Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah have been firing at each other almost daily, especially in the border area. The intensity of the fighting has recently increased significantly.

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