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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Lebanese prime minister said the country's main airport was open and the Lebanon was eager for tourists even amid fears of a Syrian crisis spillover.
Kuwaiti, Saudi and United Arab Emirates leaders this week urged their citizens to leave Lebanon given the rise of kidnappings in the country.
Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star this week reported Shiite gunmen had apparently taken several men hostage from Beirut in an apparent retaliation for the kidnapping in Damascus of a man suspected of belonging to Hezbollah.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Lebanese prime minister said the country's main airport was open and the Lebanon was eager for tourists even amid fears of a Syrian crisis spillover.
Kuwaiti, Saudi and United Arab Emirates leaders this week urged their citizens to leave Lebanon given the rise of kidnappings in the country.
Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star this week reported Shiite gunmen had apparently taken several men hostage from Beirut in an apparent retaliation for the kidnapping in Damascus of a man suspected of belonging to Hezbollah.
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