Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon or avoid travelling there.
The move on Tuesday came after Riyadh halted $4bn in aid to Lebanese
security forces in response to "hostile" positions linked to Lebanese
Shia group Hezbollah.
The Saudi foreign ministry issued a statement calling on "all
citizens not to travel to Lebanon, for their safety, and asking citizens
residing in Lebanon or visiting not to stay unless extremely
necessary".
The statement, run by the official SPA news agency, urged citizens to contact the Saudi Embassy in Beirut.
Announcing the aid halt on Friday, an official said the kingdom had
noticed "hostile Lebanese positions resulting from the stranglehold of
Hezbollah on the state". Read more
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