Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon owing to fears the Syrian conflict is spilling over the border.
Passengers attempt to get to Beirut airport after the main road leading to it is blocked Photo: Reuters
8:38AM BST 16 Aug 2012
The Telegraph
The warning by the four Arab states comes after a series of kidnappings of Sunni Muslims by Shias.
On Wednesday, rioters blocked the road to Beirut airport, as dozens of Syrians were kidnapped and their shops vandalised in violence that triggered orders from Gulf nations for citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.
Rioters set fire to tyres on the road, while an Air France flight was diverted to Damascus for refuelling before flying on to Larnaca in Cyprus because of the insecurity, apparently triggered by unconfirmed reports over the fate of Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria in May.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation also formally suspended Syria’s membership in protest at the ongoing violence.
The warnings came as dozens of Syrians were reportedly kidnapped in Beirut, after unverified television reports claimed the Lebanese abducted in Syria in May were killed in Wednesday’s air strike in the northern town of Aazaz.
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Protesters also blocked off the main road linking Lebanon to Syria.
Lebanon is one of Gulf tourists’ favourite destinations during the summer, as they seek to escape their searing hot climate for the cooler Mediterranean climate and the more liberal lifestyle.
But violence in Syria has spilled over into Lebanon, denting the country’s already fragile security situation, with cross-border shootings, shelling by the Syrian army, tit-for-tat kidnappings and sectarian clashes between groups which are divided over the revolt.
In a related incident, the spokesman of a Shia Lebanese clan said it had kidnapped 33 Syrians in Beirut and the eastern Bekaa valley, including a rebel Free Syrian Army captain, and a Turkish man.
Hatem al-Muqdad said the action was aimed at securing the release of a relative kidnapped in Syria on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow the number may rise to 50, because it is the only way to save the life of Hassan,” he said. “And those who ordered his kidnapping will pay dearly.”
Syria occupied Lebanon militarily and politically for nearly three decades until 2005, when its troops were forced to pull out under international pressure after the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri that year.
Seven years after Syria withdrew from Lebanon, the country’s political forces remain sharply divided over events in their neighbour.
Syria meanwhile was suspended from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, with the group citing Bashar al-Assad's suppression of the Syria revolt.
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