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Canada Urges Its Citizens to Avoid Non-Essential Travel to Lebanon

Canada has urged its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Lebanon and to completely refrain from visiting certain areas in the country over security concerns.

“Exercise a high degree of caution in Lebanon due to an unpredictable security situation and the risk of terrorist attack,” says a warning message published on the Canadian foreign ministry's website.

The message calls on Canadians to “avoid all travel to the southern suburbs of Beirut, due to the threat of terrorist attacks.” It said the warning includes areas “from south of the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium to the airport perimeter” and areas “east and west of the main airport highway (neighborhoods of Bir Hasan, Bourj el Barajneh, Chiyah, Dahieh, Ghobeiry, Haret Hraik, Laylaki, Mraije, Rouais and Tariq el Jdideh) but excluding the main highway to the airport and the airport itself.”

The Canadian warning also calls for avoiding all travel to parts of North Lebanon, the entire border region with Syria, the northern Bekaa Valley, the Palestinian refugee camps, and areas south of the Litani river.

“Historical and tourist sites in the city of Tyre and the main coastal highway from the Litani River to Tyre are excluded from this advisory,” the message notes.

Source: Naharnet


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