South Korea military evacuates 97 from Lebanon as tensions rise

A South Korean military transport aircraft returned 97 citizens and family members from Lebanon as Middle East tensions rise, the foreign ministry said according to Reuters.

A KC-330 aircraft left Beirut yesterday afternoon with the evacuees, who include Lebanese family members, and arrived at a military airfield south of Seoul, the ministry said.

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