Saudi Embassy In Lebanon Urges Citizens To Leave Country Immediately

The Embassy of;Saudi Arabia in;Lebanon said on Saturday it was;closely following the developments of the current events in southern Lebanon, Saudi Press Agency reported.;

It stressed;its previous call to all Saudi citizens to avoid;travel to Lebanon, and urged;citizens there to leave Lebanese territory immediately.

The embassy said should they need to,;citizens must contact it in the event of any emergency.

The warning came as Iran on Saturday warned that “all Resistance Fronts,” a grouping of Iran and its regional allies, would confront Israel if it attacked;Lebanon.

The comment from Iran’s mission to New York came;with fears of a wider regional war involving Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.

The two sides have engaged in near-daily exchanges of fire since the war in Gaza began.