France and Italy have urged their citizens in Lebanon to leave the country due to the risk of military escalation in the Middle East, the foreign ministers of the two countries announced separately, quoted by Reuters, writes BTA.
Tensions rose after the assassination of the leader of the Palestinian group “Hamas” in Tehran on Wednesday. A day earlier, the senior military commander of the Lebanese group “Hezbollah” was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut. Fuad Shukr.
In two separate recommendations, France's foreign ministry urged its citizens living in Iran to temporarily leave the country due to the risk of its airspace being closed. The ministry yesterday urged its citizens traveling around Iran to leave.
The ministry also urged French citizens in Lebanon, especially those traveling there, to take advantage of the fact that there are still civilian flights.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Antonio Tajani, in turn, invited on the social network “X“ Italians in Lebanon not to travel at all to the south of the country and to return to Italy as soon as possible by civilian flights, “in view of the worsening situation".
„Air France" (Air France) announced yesterday that together with its subsidiary “Transavia“ (Transavia) extend the temporary suspension of flights between Paris and Beirut until at least August 6.