Soldiers, Royal Marine commandos, sailors and aviators have been deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus which is just 45 minutes by air from Lebanon and will act as a hub if there is an evacuation mission. Hundreds more men and women are ready in the UK to be deployed to the region at short notice, it has been reported.
The Foreign Office has repeatedly called for its nationals to leave the country after the killings last week of two militant leaders in Lebanon’s capital Beirut and Iran’s capital Tehran – both attributed to Israel – brought vows of revenge from the militant group Hezbollah.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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