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State Issues Travel Warning for Lebanon

The Department of State issued on Oct. 9 a Travel Warning for Lebanon, warning U.S. citizens over the potential for a spontaneous upsurge in violence in the country. Access to borders, airports, roads, and seaports can be interrupted with little…

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or no warning, said State, adding that public demonstrations occur frequently with little notice. Numerous militant groups continue to operate in the country that the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah. The risk of spillover violence from the Syrian conflict is also high, State said. The warning supersedes a State Travel Warning on Oct. 3 (see 13100415).