Foreigners told to leave Lebanon as war fears rise

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 06, 2024 12:08 am

(UPDATE) BEIRUT — Urgent calls grew for foreigners to leave Lebanon, which would be on the front line of a regional war, as Iran and its allies readied their response to high-profile killings blamed on Israel.

While diplomats worked to avert a feared conflagration, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Sunday that a regional military escalation must be avoided 'at all costs,' the French presidency said after they held a telephone call.

TIT-FOR-TAT Projectiles are fired from Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system to intercept missiles fired from southern Lebanon, over upper Galilee in northern Israel, on Aug. 4, 2024. EPA PHOTO

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