Governments Intensify Efforts to Evacuate Citizens Trapped in Lebanon
18 July 2006
Thousands of foreign nationals are fleeing Lebanon, as governments around the world intensify efforts to pull their citizens out of the battered country.
The U.S. military announced it is sending five Navy ships to waters off Lebanon to assist in the evacuation of Americans. The United States also has chartered a cruise ship to carry hundreds of Americans out of Lebanon.
And the U.S. and Britain are airlifting by helicopter scores of people with special needs.
A ship chartered by France carrying hundreds of French nationals arrived in Cyprus Tuesday.
Many people from Arab countries have crossed by land into Syria on the way to their respective countries.
Israel has imposed an air and sea blockade of Lebanon as part of spreading warfare with Hezbollah. Beirut's international airport has been hit by Israeli air strikes.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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