More than 100 Europeans were evacuated from Lebanon on a Belgian military plane on Thursday evening, most of them from Belgium, the Netherlands and France, the government in Brussels said, AFP reports.

The aircraft, which landed at Melsbroek military base near the Belgian capital was carrying “58 Belgians and dependents, 41 Dutch citizens, 11 from France and one from Luxembourg, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.

Over the past week nearly 150 of the 1,800 or so Belgians living in Lebanon have benefited from assistance to return to Belgium, he said.

“All the Belgians who wanted to leave have been able to do so. We are continuing to assess the situation,” the spokesman said.