SAUDI ARABIA Called On Its Citizens To Quickly Leave Lebanese Territory And To Avoid Approaching Areas Where There Have Been Armed Clashes, The Saudi Embassy In Lebanon Said In A Statement Posted Late On Friday On X, Formerly Known As Twitter.
The Kingdom Did Not Specify Which
Areas In Lebanon That It Was Advising Its Citizens To Avoid.
The Embassy Stressed "The
Importance Of Adhering To The Saudi Travel Ban To Lebanon," The Statement
Added.
Kuwait Also Issued An Advisory Early On Saturday Calling On Kuwaitis
In Lebanon To Stay Vigilant And Avoid "Areas Of Security
Disturbances" But Stopped Short Of Asking Them To Leave The Country,
According To A Statement By The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Posted On X.
On
Aug. 1, The United Kingdom Also Updated Its Travel Advice For Lebanon, Advising
Against "All But Essential Travel" To Parts Of Lebanon’s South Near
The Palestinian Camp Of Ain El-Hilweh.
At Least 13 People, Most Of Them
Militants, Were Killed In Fighting That Broke Out In The Camp On July 29
Between Mainstream Faction Fatah And Hardline Islamists, Security Sources In
The Camp Said.
Ain El-Hilweh Is The Largest Of 12 Palestinian
Camps In Lebanon, Hosting Around 80,000 Of Up To 250,000 Palestinian Refugees
Countrywide, According To The United Nations' Agency For Refugees From Palestine.