ANKARA Switzerland urged its citizens on Monday to avoid non-essential travel to Israel and recommended leaving Lebanon as the security situation deteriorates in both countries. In posts on X, the Swiss Foreign Ministry issued travel warnings for the two countries, citing uncertain and potentially dangerous situations in both places. For Israel, the ministry said “the...
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Switzerland calls on citizens to leave Lebanon as tensions rise
The Swiss government is calling on its citizens to leave Lebanon in face of escalating tensions in the region following the killing of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and the strike against a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, in Lebanon. Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) wrote on Wednesday: “The risk of...