Kuwaiti Nationals to Be Evacuated from Beirut on Tuesday
Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdul Al al-Qinai announced on Tuesday that a Kuwaiti Airways plane is scheduled to arrive in Beirut later at night to evacuate Kuwaiti nationals from the country due to the rising tensions in the region over the Syrian conflict, reported the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
The ambassador explained that the evacuation was part of “Kuwaiti efforts to guarantee the safety of its people in Lebanon.”
He told KUNA that a number of planes were dedicated to the evacuation, saying that the Kuwaiti Embassy in Lebanon had opened an office at the Rafik Hariri International Airport to facilitate the operations.
Over 300 Kuwaitis have been evacuated from Lebanon over the past few days, he added.
The ambassador had stressed on Friday the need to evacuate Kuwaitis from Lebanon after revealing that a Kuwaiti diplomat was searched at an “unofficial checkpoint.”
Saudi Arabia had filed a complaint to the Foreign Ministry after one of its embassy vehicles in Lebanon was searched by Hizbullah members at a checkpoint near its stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut's southern suburbs last week.
Diplomats in the car were also searched before being allowed to return on their way.
Hizbullah had stepped up its security measures in and around Dahieh after a bombing in the area on August 15.
At least 27 people were killed and 280 wounded in the attack.
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