International Response

Turkey evacuates some 30 citizens from Lebanon

(AP)
Updated: 2006-07-15 16:52

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has evacuated some 30 of its citizens from Lebanon by bus through Syria because of the rising violence between Israel and Hezbollah, news reports said Saturday.

A bus carrying mostly Turkish businessmen and tourists crossed into Turkey at the Turkish-Syrian border gate of Yaylidere early Saturday, the government-owned Anatolia news agency reported.

The bus, chartered by the Turkish Embassy in Lebanon, also carried two French citizens, Anatolia said.

Meanwhile, several Lebanese and French citizens also arrived at Yaylidere in private cars or taxis to escape the fighting, the agency reported.