US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on “any available ticket”

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US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on “any available ticket”

The US embassy in Beirut has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon on “any available ticket”, amid soaring tensions in the Middle East.

The advisory follows a similar warning from *** Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who said the situation “could deteriorate rapidly”.

Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against *******, which it blames for the ****** of ****** chief Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday. His ************** came hours after ******* ******* Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut.

It is feared that Lebanon-based Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group, could play a heavy role in any such retaliation, which in-turn could spark a serious ******** response.

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stated on Saturday that those who choose to stay in Lebanon should “prepare contingency plans” and be prepared to “shelter in place for an extended ******* of time”.

It said that several airlines have suspended and cancelled flights, and many have sold out, but “commercial transportation options to leave Lebanon remain available”.

The Pentagon said it was

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to the region to help defend ******* from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies.

The *** said it was sending extra military personnel, consular staff and border force officials to help with any evacuations – but urged *** citizens to leave the country “while commercial flights are running”.

Two British military ships are already in the region and the Royal Air Force has put transport helicopters on standby.

Mr Lammy said it was “in no-one’s interest for this conflict to spread across the region”.

In April,

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using 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and at least 110 ballistic missiles.

That was in retaliation for the ********

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in Damascus, Syria.

Many ***** Iran’s retaliation on this occasion could take a similar form.

In a phone call with EU Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell on Friday, Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani said Iran would “undoubtedly use its inherent and legitimate right” to “punish” *******.

On Friday, an announcer on Iran’s state TV warned “the world would witness extraordinary scenes”.

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israelis that “challenging days lie ahead… We have heard threats from all sides. We are prepared for any scenario”.

******** ministers were sent home this weekend with satellite phones in case of an ******* on the country’s communication infrastructure.

Tensions between ******* and Iran initially escalated with the ******** of 12 children and teenagers in a strike on the ********-occupied Golan Heights.

******* accused Hezbollah and vowed “severe” retaliation, though Hezbollah denied it was involved.

Days later, senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was ******* in a targeted ******** air strike in Beirut. Four others, including two children, were also *******.

Hours after that, ****** chief Ismail Haniyeh

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, ******’s main backer. He was visiting to attend the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.

At a ******** ceremony for Haniyeh in Tehran on Thursday, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the prayers. He had earlier vowed that ******* would suffer a “

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” for the ********.

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