The State | State Dept. orders personnel to leave Lebanon, Turkey Al Jazeera America Lebanese army soldiers and policemen secure an area as they close a road leading to the U.S. embassy with barbed wire and barricades, ahead of a protest against potential U.S. strikes on Syria, in Awkar, north of Beirut, Sep. 6, 2013. Mohamed Azakir/ ... Syria crisis: US orders non-emergency personnel out of Lebanon US Orders Nonessential Diplomats to Leave Lebanon US issues travel warnings for Lebanon and Turkey |
The Daily Star | 'All they can do is scream': Syrian refugee children struggle in Lebanon NBCNews.com (blog) By Ayman Mohyeldin, Correspondent, NBC News. BEIRUT – Lebanon has taken in more Syrian refugees than any other country – with over 700,000 Syrian refugees in this country of 4 million, nearly one out of every five people is Syrian. But in a country ... World Bank contemplates trust fund for Lebanon AP Interview: World Bank head looks at Lebanon aid |
New York Times | Crossing Deadly Landscapes, Syrians Reach Havens in Lebanon New York Times AYYAT, Lebanon — A family of nine crouched on a sunbaked plain here in the Bekaa Valley, the wind whipping the plastic awning that was their only shelter. The children's faces were smudged with dirt, the baby girl's pale pink patent-leather shoes ... |
State Department orders diplomats out of Lebanon as Congress debates Syria ... CBS News ... as the Obama administration and Congress debate military strikes on neighboring Syria. In a new travel warning for Lebanon, the department said it had instructed nonessential staffers to leave Beirut and urged private American citizens to depart ... |
US orders embassy staff out of Lebanon, warns travelers MSNBC Lebanese and Syrian protesters wave the Syrian flag and hold pictures of President Bashar al-Assad (L) during a protest organised by the Baath party outside the French embassy in Beirut on September 3, 2013, against French military intervention in Syria. |
US orders diplomats out of Lebanon, a country on high alert as Congress ... Fox News BEIRUT – The State Department ordered all nonessential U.S. personnel Friday to leave Lebanon, reflecting fears that an American-led strike on neighboring Syria would unleash more bloodshed in this already fragile nation. The Lebanese government's top ... |
ABC7Chicago.com | US Syria strike consideration prompts Lebanon diplomats exit order ABC7Chicago.com Secretary of State John Kerry pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria response as a protester with CodePink, who are against military action, holds up a sign behind him as he leaves ... Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Find Lifeline To Loved Ones At Cell Phone Oasis |
The Daily Star | Mansour says foreign nationals have state's full attention The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon is looking out for the best interests of foreign nationals in the country, caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour said Saturday, a day after the U.S. ramped up its diplomatic efforts in Lebanon ahead of a potential military ... |
US draws down diplomatic presence in Lebanon and Turkey Los Angeles Times BEIRUT -- Citing unspecified possible threats to U.S. personnel, the State Department moved Friday to reduce its diplomatic presence in Lebanon and Turkey, two nations bordering war-torn Syria. The decision comes as the White House is contemplating an ... |
Americans Warned About Travel to Lebanon, Turkey Voice of America Non-emergency American personnel and their families were ordered to leave Lebanon's capital, Beirut, and those remaining were advised to limit travel within the country. A spokeswoman for the State Department, Marie Harf, said the United States would ... |