Indonesia continues evacuating citizens from Lebanon

JAKARTA: Indonesia continued its evacuation efforts for its citizens from Lebanon following the escalating Israeli attacks in the Middle Eastern country.

According to Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry, as many as 20 Indonesian nationals and one foreign national reportedly arrived here on Monday morning.

The foreign national is the spouse of one of the Indonesian evacuees.

All of them were transported by airplane from Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Sunday, it said.

The ministry also reported that more than 40 Indonesians had been evacuated from the Lebanese capital of Beirut to Amman.

More evacuees were expected to arrive here on Monday afternoon.

-Xinhua