DOHA: Several countries have advised their citizens against travelling to Lebanon as regional tensions grow over a possible US military strike on Syria.
Those issuing the advice include Bahrain, Kuwait, Britain and France, while Austria told its citizens to contact its embassy in Lebanon before travelling there.
A senior security source in Lebanon said 14,000 people had left the country on Thursday alone, mostly Europeans.
Bahrain’s foreign ministry said its advice was prompted by growing concerns of the impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon, news agency BNA reported. Kuwait’s embassy in Lebanon told its citizens to leave the country due to “security uncertainty”, news agency KUNA said.
Britain advised against all but essential travel to Lebanon on Friday. Reuters
