The Foreign Office is advising British nationals in Lebanon to leave immediately as the conflict between Israel and Lebanon increase.
In an update to its travel advice, the Foreign Office said: “Tensions are high and events could escalate with little warning, which could affect or limit exit routes out of Lebanon.
“In the event of deterioration in the political or security situation, commercial routes out of Lebanon could be severely disrupted or cancelled at short notice, and roads across the country could be closed.
“The British embassy may be increasingly limited in the assistance that it can provide. If you are currently in Lebanon, you should leave now.”
The Foreign Office, which was already warning against all travel to Lebanon, said any Brits still there should leave on commercial flights, while they are still running.
Its warning followed mortar and artillery exchanges and airstrikes in Lebanon, primarily on the boundary with Israel but also in parts of the Beqaa Valley and some other locations north of the Litani river.
There was also a strike on 30 July in southern Beirut, the second strike in Beirut this year.
The advice said Brits should not rely on the Foreign Office being able to evacuate them in an emergency, although the BBC has reported that the UK is sending extra military personnel, consular staff and border force officials to help with any evacuations.
Two British military ships are already in the region and the Royal Air Force has put transport helicopters on standby, said the BBC. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has warned that the regional situation ‘could deteriorate rapidly’.
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In an update to its travel advice, the Foreign Office said: “Tensions are high and events could escalate with little warning, which could affect or limit exit routes out of Lebanon.
“In the event of deterioration in the political or security situation, commercial routes out of Lebanon could be severely disrupted or cancelled at short notice, and roads across the country could be closed.
“The British embassy may be increasingly limited in the assistance that it can provide. If you are currently in Lebanon, you should leave now.”
The Foreign Office, which was already warning against all travel to Lebanon, said any Brits still there should leave on commercial flights, while they are still running.
Its warning followed mortar and artillery exchanges and airstrikes in Lebanon, primarily on the boundary with Israel but also in parts of the Beqaa Valley and some other locations north of the Litani river.
There was also a strike on 30 July in southern Beirut, the second strike in Beirut this year.
The advice said Brits should not rely on the Foreign Office being able to evacuate them in an emergency, although the BBC has reported that the UK is sending extra military personnel, consular staff and border force officials to help with any evacuations.
Two British military ships are already in the region and the Royal Air Force has put transport helicopters on standby, said the BBC. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has warned that the regional situation ‘could deteriorate rapidly’.
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