China urges citizens in Lebanon to leave 'as soon as possible' 

BEIJING, Aug 22: China on Thursday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave "as soon as possible", according to an embassy statement, the day after an Israeli strike in the country killed a senior Palestinian militant.

"Recently, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has continued to be tense, and security circumstances in Lebanon are severe and complex," China's embassy in Beirut said.

"The current level of risk to travel in Lebanon's South and Nabatieh Governorates is red (extremely high risk), and other areas is orange (high risk)."
The statement advised Chinese citizens in Lebanon to "take the opportunity while commercial flights are still running to return to China or leave the country as soon as possible".    —AFP