Australians left in Beirut as rescue ship forced to go

The departures may not be as smooth as some would like but foreigners from countries such as Nepal and the Philippines are being left to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, a third group of Russians has arrived in Moscow, having been flown from Syria. One of them, Mohammed Shal, said he was extremely frightened in Lebanon: “A bomb blew up near our house, we were all really nervous and afraid of dying. For three days we have been living on our nerves.”