Some 15 Italian citizens have crossed
the border from Syria into Lebanon, others went to Jordan, and
at the moment no others want to leave the country where
pro-Turkish rebels have overthrown Bashar al-Assad's brutal
regime, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told a press conference
after a meeting of the foreign ministry's crisis unit on the
situation Sunday.
"15 of our compatriots have crossed the border with Lebanon and
are now in Beirut in some convents. Yesterday others had arrived
in Jordan", he said.
"There are no other Italian citizens asking to leave the
country. The advice the embassy gave is to stay at home".
As for the Italians in Aleppo, "at this moment they are calm
because the situation is stable. Among those who are in
Damascus, those who wanted to leave the city have done so, those
who wanted to stay have stayed", explained Tajani, adding that
"naturally we are ready to do whatever is necessary".
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