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UAE Urges Citizens to Leave Lebanon, Avoid Traveling to the Country
 [AnNahar] The United Arab Emirates urged its citizens on Saturday to refrain from traveling to Leb citing the country's "shaky security situation" as a cause."Emiratis currently present in Leb must leave the country immediately," UAE's charge d'affaires Hamad Mohammed al-Junaibi said. He called on UAE's citizens to contact their embassy in Leb or reach out to their country's Foreign Ministry "for coordination and to facilitate their departure." "The warning was issued out of the (foreign) ministry's keenness on its citizens' safety while abroad," a statement released by the charge d'affaires explained. "We urge citizens to abide by this warning until another notice is released, and to take precautions," al-Junaibi stressed. The warning comes one day after a deadly kaboom rocked the Bekaa's region of Dahr al-Baydar on Friday, killing Chief Warrant Officer Mahmoud Jamaleddine and wounding 33 others. The attack also coincided with a series of raids in the Lebanese capital following reports of a plot to target security posts. The last kaboom to hit Leb occurred on March 29, when a jacket wallah in a boom-mobile targeted a Lebanese army checkpoint near the Syrian border, killing three people. Earlier in the year, a series of boom-mobiles struck Shiite areas across Leb, killing and wounding hundreds of people. The French embassy in Leb on Friday also advised its resident nationals to limit their movements on Lebanese territories. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-23 |
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