UAE asks citizens not to travel to Lebanon

Gulf Today Report

UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a post on its social media platform has asked citizens not to travel to Lebanon.

In its post on X the Ministry reminded citizens of a previously issued decision to prevent UAE citizens from travelling to Lebanon.

It urged citizens to adhere to the decision and avoid travelling to the Lebanon.

It also urged citizens to call 0097180024 r in case of emergency.

On Friday Saudi Arabia has 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 X, formerly known as Twitter.

The kingdom did not specify which areas in Lebanon that it was advising its citizens to avoid.

Bahrain called on its citizens on Saturday to leave Lebanon "for their own safety" hours after Saudi Arabia did the same without giving a reason.

Kuwait and Qatar on Saturday urged their nationals in Lebanon to stay vigilant and avoid "areas of security disturbances," but stopped short of asking them to leave.