Russia urges nationals to leave Lebanon as soon as possible

The Kremlin on Wednesday urged Russian nationals to leave Lebanon as soon as possible for their own safety on commercial flights.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement on a daily conference call with reporters after warning a day earlier that Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon had the potential to destabilise the Middle East and widen the conflict there.
Meanwhile, three people were killed and nine others injured in an Israeli strike on the Lebanese Shi’ite town of Maaysrah in the Christian-majority Keserwan region, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday.
It was the first time the area was struck in recent hostilities between the Israeli military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.