Britain on Sunday night withdrew families of embassy workers in Beirut over fears of war between Lebanon and Israel.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was “deeply concerned with the highly volatile security situation”, adding that additional military personnel had been deployed to the region.
David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, reiterated his advice to all British nationals in Lebanon to “leave now” while they can.
Saudi Arabia joined France, Canada and Jordan in calling on their citizens to leave Lebanon.
“In a highly volatile security context”, French nationals were “urgently asked” to avoid travelling to Lebanon, and those already in the country should leave “as soon as possible”, the foreign ministry in Paris said.
France also urged its nationals living in Iran to “temporarily leave”.