The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it was banning its citizens from traveling to Lebanon and reducing its diplomatic mission there, according to state news agency WAM.
“The Foreign and International Cooperation Ministry announced that it had raised its warning situation on traveling to Lebanon to banning travel there … (It) also decided to reduce the members of its diplomatic mission in Beirut to its furthest extent,” the ministry said in a statement said.
This announcement comes after the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official warning against Saudi citizens who wish to travel to Lebanon. The Saudi government also advised Saudi nationals in Lebanon to leave the country.
