BEIRUT (AA) – The US Embassy in Beirut has advised American citizens in Lebanon to avoid travel to areas along the borders with Israel and Syria. The embassy also cautioned US citizens against traveling to refugee settlements or participating in demonstrations or large gatherings across the country. The warning came hours after a shootout outs...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Embassy in Israel directed all government employees and family members to shelter in place Sunday “until further notice” amid an Iran attack. “In response to security incidents and without advance notice, the U.S. Embassy may further restrict or prohibit U.S. government employees and their famil...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police closed the vicinity of the US embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday after a “suspicious object” was found nearby. A police statement said the object was found attached to a car parked near the US embassy at Yarkon Street in Tel Aviv. Police launched an investigation to determine the nature […]
JERUSALEM- AFP Salvoes of rockets were launched at the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, the mission said, the latest in a flurry of such attacks in response to Israel’s war in Gaza. There was no claim of responsibility and no reported casualties or damage, but the mission said the attack was “initiated [&...
Tunis, Tunisia — AFP Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in Tunisia on Wednesday outside the French embassy, condemning Western support for Israel for a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital. Some protesters were waving Palestinian flags while others demanded the ambassador be expelled, accusing France of being among the Western &...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has announced that its security forces arrested a suspected gunman involved in last week’s shooting attack on the US Embassy in Beirut. In a statement, the Directorate of Internal Security Forces (ISF) said a 26-year-old man was arrested in the southern Beirut suburb of Al-Kafa’at. The suspect admitted to o...
BEIRUT (AA) – Unidentified gunmen opened fire outside the US Embassy in Beirut late on Wednesday, but there were no injuries, the mission said on Thursday. Embassy spokesman Jake Nelson said in a statement that the incident took place at 10.37 p.m. local time (1937GMT) in the vicinity of the embassy entrance, and involved the […]
