A group of 25 Chinese embassy staff and engineers, evacuated from Lebanon, started their journey for home early Tuesday from the international airport in Damascus.

 

A total of 30 Chinese people, including embassy staff, their families and 10 engineers, were moved out of Lebanon on Monday amid escalating Israeli attacks aimed at seeking the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah militants.

 

The first batch of 25 people left Damascus aboard a plane heading for China via the United Arab Emirates, while the rest five will leave soon on another flight.

 

(Xinhua News Agency July 18, 2006)