Mersin

Boat carrying Turkish evacuees from Lebanon lands in Turkiye

Boat carrying Turkish evacuees from Lebanon lands in Turkiye

  • The TCG Bayraktar, which set sail from Beirut around 8:00 am (0500 GMT), pulled into the port of Mersin around 9:00 p.m.
  • Turkish officials said around 2,000 people had signed up to leave Lebanon on navy ships in the first such evacuation by sea
By AFP ·