Staff members of the Chinese Embassy to Lebanon hang the Chinese national flag onto a bus which is to carry people leave the country, in Beirut, capital of Lebanon, on July 17, 2006. Forty-four Chinese citizens, including part of the embassy staff and their family members, were evacuated from Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli airstrikes in the country continued. (Xinhua Photo) Related: Chinese embassy staff in Lebanon head for home

Gallery: conflicts at Israeli-Lebanese border

    BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 82 Chinese citizens have been evacuated from Lebanon to Syria by Tuesday and most are on their way back home, Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday evening.

    Some embassy officials have also been evacuated, but others will stay behind to pay close attention to the safety of those Chinese citizens who remain in Lebanon, the statement said.

Foreign nations busy with evacuating nationals from Lebanon

One of two Italian C130 air force transport planes parks next to Cyprus Airways and Alitalia planes to unload foreigners evacuated from northern Lebanon. Foreign governments are drawing up plans for a voluntary evacuation of their nationals from Lebanon. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Foreign governments have been scrambling to evacuate their nationals from Lebanon as the intense Israeli offensive in Lebanon entered its sixth day on Monday in the worst fighting across the border in more than two decades.

US orders warships to help evacuate Americans from Lebanon

    WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The United States ordered five warships on Tuesday to help evacuate tens of thousands Americans from Lebanon, the U.S. Navy said.

    The Navy said in a statement that U.S. sailors and marines from the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been directed to assist in the authorized departure of American citizens from Lebanon.
Related: US prepares large-scale evacuation from Lebanon

Germany evacuates 300 citizens from Lebanon

    BERLIN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- More than 300 German citizens who evacuated from Lebanon arrived in the western city of Dusseldorf on Tuesday.

    Beirut international airport has been out of action since Israel launched military offensive last week.

2 British warships set off for Lebanon to evacuate citizens

    LONDON, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Two British warships were dispatched toward the Middle East on Sunday to evacuate up to 10,000 British nationals from war-struck Lebanon. Related: Britons warned against travelling to Lebanon