Germany, Netherlands, Canada, North Macedonia, Kuwait ask nationals to leave Lebanon
Five countries have called on their nationals to leave Lebanon amid growing fears of a full-blown war between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
On Wednesday, the Dutch Foreign Ministry on X urged its citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon and those who live there to leave as commercial flights are still operating.
Germany also issued a travel warning and asked its citizens who are currently in Lebanon to leave the country.
“Germans in Lebanon are urgently asked to leave the country. The situation at the border between Israel and Lebanon is very tense,β the Foreign Ministry said on its X account.
The Canadian government urged its nationals in Lebanon to leave the country amid an escalation of tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli border.