Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Kuwait have urged their citizens to promptly exit Lebanon amid escalating conflicts in the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, Ein El Hilweh. Over the past weekend, these three nations released independent warnings to their citizens through various communications channels.
On Saturday, the Saudi Arabian embassy advised its citizens against approaching the regions experiencing armed clashes and stressed the urgency for them to “quickly leave the Lebanese territories promptly”.
The Kuwaiti embassy in Lebanon, too, requested their citizens in Lebanon to avoid conflict-prone areas.
Meanwhile, the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded its citizens of an ongoing travel ban to Lebanon, renewing the relevance of the notice under the present circumstances.
As per the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the ongoing conflict in Ein El Hilweh Camp, which originated from a failed assassination attempt on an Islamist leader, has cost 12 lives, including one civilian, besides injuring 50 individuals. Supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamists have been carrying forward the conflict since the incident in late July.
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