INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that no Sri Lankans have been seriously affected by the situation so far in Lebanon, which it described
as volatile and constantly evolving.Issuing an announcement on the safety of Sri Lankans in Lebanon on Thursday (3), it said the Sri Lankan
Embassy in Beirut is maintaining constant contact with Sri Lankan Associations and individual Sri Lankans registered with the
Sri Lankan nationals not to travel to Lebanon and Syria until further notice due to the current volatile situation in the region.All Sri
Lankans who are currently in Lebanon and Syria were strongly requested to be on alert and to take necessary precautions including
restricting their outside movements and maintaining regular contacts with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beirut and the Honorary Consul of Sri
and the Bekaa Valley, areas where Hezbollah has a strong presence.Meanwhile, the Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of villages and
towns in southern Lebanon that are north of a United Nations-declared buffer zone established after the 2006 war.The warning issued Thursday
border.--With Agencies Inputs
