U.S. Embassy in #Lebanon:
“We recommend U.S. citizens develop a crisis plan of action & leave before a crisis begins… [if you don’t]… you should be prepared to shelter in place for long periods of time.” pic.twitter.com/EQZfWKmnpU
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) July 29, 2024
Do not travel to #Lebanon. Think about the potential consequences.
An escalation of the armed conflict is unpredictable. If it happens while you’re there, commercial options to leave could be cancelled entirely, leaving you stranded and in danger.https://t.co/0LlWIzEdiG pic.twitter.com/jPuXuiGIPk
— Canada in Lebanon (@CanadaLebanon) July 29, 2024
⚠ The FCDO continues to advise British nationals in Lebanon to leave.
🚨 We advise against all travel to Lebanon.https://t.co/NlKYKGCQWy pic.twitter.com/y6QqcrEEPq
— Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (@FCDOGovUK) July 29, 2024
It’s looking like Anglin called it.
They’ll start to get involved with Lebanon before the election, then when Trump comes in, they’ll really start pushing Iran.
Countries don’t issue these sorts of “escape while you still can” warnings lightly.
A frantic diplomatic push to deter Israel from striking Beirut in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights was under way on Monday, as the government of the UK, Germany, France and America issued travel warnings to their citizens, calling on them to leave Lebanon or avoid travel there.
British foreign secretary David Lammy said events were “fast-moving” and that British nationals were advised “to leave Lebanon and not to travel to the country.”
In its travel guidance, the UK Foreign Office warned events in the region could escalate with “little warning” and leave commercial routes out of Lebanon severely disrupted. “Do not rely on FCDO [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office] being able to evacuate you in an emergency,” it added.
Rena Bitter, the assistant secretary for consular affairs at the US embassy in Beirut used a video on X to tell Americans in Lebanon to “create a crisis plan of action and leave before the crisis begins”.
Some flights to and from Beirut’s international airport have been cancelled this week, with Jordan’s flag carrier, Royal Jordanian, becoming the latest on Monday, suspending flights until at least Tuesday.
It’s taken longer than people expected for the Lebanon thing to kick off.
Who knows how Erdogan’s recent threats have changed the calculus, if at all.
But what it looks like is that within a number of days or weeks, Israel will finally begin a more serious campaign of bombing Beirut, and then just see what Hezbollah does in response.
⚡️Hamas publishes a message to Hezb-Allah in Lebanon: pic.twitter.com/wDe6EHrxbu
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) July 29, 2024