Lebanon-based organizations, embassies take precautionary measures
The security departments of the international organizations in Lebanon have prepared a plan to evacuate employees and workers in coordination with the Lebanese Army, a media report said.
“The army will allow these to use military airports and small ports for evacuation should the Beirut international airport be closed,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Thursday.
“Foreign companies and media outlets that have major offices in Beirut have asked their employees to prepare to move to a number of countries in the region, including the UAE, while keeping a very limited number of employees in Beirut,” the daily added.
Foreign and Arab embassies have meanwhile upped their security measures and evacuated additional numbers of their diplomats and their families, especially after the protests that started yesterday in response to the Gaza hospital carnage, al-Akhbar quoted security sources as saying.
Informed sources meanwhile said that caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has invited Arab ambassadors to a meeting that will be held today, Thursday.
Bou Habib had warned at the Islamic summit in Jeddah that the entire region might go up in flames should the war on Gaza continue.
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