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Name: Government prepares to evacuate Australians from Beirut
Uploaded: 2024-10-03T09:34:45.916Z
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: Two Royal Australian Air Force planes have landed in Cyprus, as the government prepares to evacuate Australian citizens from Beirut. Dozens of seats on a commercial flight this morning sat empty, as the government urges action - warning it can't help all 15,000 Australians in Lebanon. Speaking from Beirut this afternoon, a Sydney woman has told SBS that travelling to the airport is dangerous.

Government prepares to evacuate Australians from Beirut

Published 3 October 2024, 8:48 am

Two Royal Australian Air Force planes have landed in Cyprus, as the government prepares to evacuate Australian citizens from Beirut. Dozens of seats on a commercial flight this morning sat empty, as the government urges action - warning it can't help all 15,000 Australians in Lebanon. Speaking from Beirut this afternoon, a Sydney woman has told SBS that travelling to the airport is dangerous.

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