UAE urges citizens to leave Lebanon ‘as soon as possible’

DUBAI, 02 November 2021, (TON): The UAE called on its citizens in Lebanon to immediately return home, a day after recalling its diplomats from Beirut over a Lebanese minister’s remarks on the Yemen war.

It said in a statement “in light of current events, the foreign ministry calls on all its citizens in Lebanon to return to the UAE as soon as possible.”

It added in an interview “the ministry has taken all necessary measures to facilitate the return of its citizens,”

A Saudi-led military coalition that has included the UAE intervened to prop up the Yemeni government in 2015, after Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa in 2014. Saudi Arabia gave Lebanon’s ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, recalled its envoy from Beirut and suspended all imports from Lebanon.

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