Baghdad: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on its citizens in the Lebanese Republic to leave "as soon as possible". The Ministry called in a statement, "Those who are unable to leave Lebanon to contact the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in the Lebanese Republic immediately via the embassy's emergency phone (0096171171441)." The Ministry renewed "its call to all citizens not to travel to the Lebanese Republic at the present time due to the successive security developments witnessed in the region." Source: National Iraqi News Agency