Urgent calls for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon grew on Sunday with France warning of "a highly volatile" situation as Iran and its allies ready their response to high-profile killings blamed on Israel.
France, Canada, and Jordan were among the latest governments to call for their citizens to leave Lebanon.
"In a highly volatile security context", French nationals were "urgently asked" to avoid traveling to Lebanon, and those already in the country "to make their arrangements now to leave... as soon as possible", the foreign ministry in Paris said. The United States and Britain have issued similar warnings. France on Sunday also urged its nationals living in Iran to "temporarily leave", warning Iranian airspace and airports could close. Several Western airlines have suspended flights to Lebanon and other airports in the region.
On Sunday Qatar Airways said the Doha-Beirut route would "operate exclusively during daylight hours" until Monday.
The killing Wednesday of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, hours after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah's military chief in Beirut, has triggered vows of vengeance from Iran.
Given the events in the region, especially in the Lebanese Republic, the Foreign Ministry in the Sultanate of Oman has urged against travel to Lebanon and all Omani citizens present in Lebanon to return immediately to their homeland.
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