Further Flights Chartered to Get Britons out of Lebanon

Published on October 3, 2024

Officials continue to arrange for further flights to get British nationals out of Lebanon, after more than 150 Britons left Beirut on the first government-chartered flight. The government has been urging British nationals and their dependents to leave Lebanon since fighting intensified between the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah and Israel. Stepping up efforts to secure the safety of Britons, officials chartered the first flight which departed from Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Wednesday. The Dan Air flight touched down at Birmingham International Airport at around 8:40 p.m. The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) announced that a “limited number” of additional flights had been scheduled, including one on Thursday....

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