State Department Urges Americans in Lebanon to ‘Leave Now’

Amid growing tensions spurred by military aggression by Hezbollah, the State Department is urging all American citizens to leave Lebanon.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to other speakers during the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy launch at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023 Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The State Department is urging all Americans in Lebanon to “leave now” while commercial flight options remain available, amid growing tensions in the region due to Hezbollah’s sustained attacks on Israel from across its northern border with Lebanon.

In an Oct. 22 update, the government department recommended “that U.S. citizens who choose not to depart prepare contingency plans for emergency situations.”