Spain to Evacuate Citizens from Lebanon

Spain plans to send two military aircraft to evacuate as many as 350 citizens from Lebanon as early as tomorrow, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. 

“The Spanish airplanes are ready, the staff are ready, as always with the professionalism of the Spanish army,” she said in an interview with Antena 3 TV station.

A group of 350 Spanish citizens present in Lebanon have asked to go to Spain, Robles added.