Spain began the evacuation of hundreds of its citizens from Lebanon on Thursday, the Spanish Defence Ministry announced. It said it had sent two Airbus military aircraft to Beirut for this purpose and the first aircraft, carrying around 200 people, had already departed. Although everything is “perfectly organized,” such actions always carry risks, Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said in an interview with the television channel Telecinco. The Israeli army is currently attacking targets in Lebanon, including in the capital Beirut. Spain’s left-leaning government has criticized the esca…