(Reuters) – The British government said it has chartered a flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday to support its citizens looking to leave the country. “There are no more scheduled flights, although we will continue to keep this under review,” Britain’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday, adding that more than 250 British […]
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Britain charters flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday
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(Reuters) – The British government said it has chartered a flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday to support its citizens looking to leave the country.
“There are no more scheduled flights, although we will continue to keep this under review,” Britain’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday, adding that more than 250 British nationals have left Lebanon on flights chartered by the government.
(This story has been corrected to say ‘flight’ not ‘flights’ in the headline and paragraph 1)
(Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)