UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia urge their citizens to leave Lebanon amidst fighting in Palestinian refugee camp News
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UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia urge their citizens to leave Lebanon amidst fighting in Palestinian refugee camp

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait this weekend called on their citizens to leave Lebanon amid conflicts in the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp.

On Friday, the embassy of Saudi Arabia warned its citizens “against being present and approaching the areas witnessing armed conflicts” and also implored its citizens “to quickly leave the Lebanese territories promptly.”

The Kuwaiti Embassy in Lebanon on Saturday also urged Kuwaiti citizens in Lebanon to stay away from areas of conflict in Lebanon.

The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also reminded their citizens of an existing ban on travel by Emirati citizens to Lebanon on Sunday.

According to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), 12 people, including one civilian, have died and 50 have been injured in the Ein El Hilweh Camp conflict. Supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamists have been fighting in the camp since late July after a failed assassination attempt on an Islamist leader.

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