US embassy says Iran, aligned groups 'may intend to target' universities in Lebanon
The U.S. embassy in Lebanon, where Tehran-backed Hezbollah is at war with Israel, said on Friday that Iran and allied groups could seek to target universities in the country.
"Iran and its aligned terrorist militias may intend to target universities in Lebanon," said a security alert, without identifying any specific institutions, days after Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened to target U.S. universities in the Middle East after saying U.S.-Israeli strikes had destroyed two Iranian universities.
Among other universities, Lebanon is home to the American University of Beirut, one of the most prominent U.S. institutions in the region, whose campus and hospital are in the heart of the capital.
Source: Agence France Presse
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