The United States Embassy in Lebanon reiterated its security arlert on Monday, “strongly” advising American citizens to depart from the embattled country immediately.
In a statement, the embassy noted that “since September 27, the US government has added thousands of (airplane) seats in extra capacity to accommodate US citizens and their family members.”
“Much of this capacity has gone unused. Please understand that these additional flights will not continue indefinitely,” the embassy warned.
The US embassy has issued several similar appeals since the war between Hezbollah and the Israeli army escalated in recent weeks.
“The commercial airport remains open and there is availability on commercial carriers,” the statement added, urging US nationals to complete a crisis intake form for departure assistance, emergency loans or passport requests.
It also advised those who choose not to leave at this time to “prepare contingency plans should the situation deteriorate further.”
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