Iraq will allow the national carrier to resume flights to Lebanon on Monday following their suspension earlier this month, the transport minister was quoted as saying by state media on Saturday.
Iraqi Airways Boeing 777-200LR © Mena Today
Iraq will allow the national carrier to resume flights to Lebanon on Monday following their suspension earlier this month, the transport minister was quoted as saying by state media on Saturday.
Iraqi Airways halted flights to Lebanon on Dec. 8 due to security concerns about the situation in neighbouring Syria.
Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus on Dec. 8, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia after more than 13 years of civil war and ending his family's decades-long rule.
Reporting by Menna Alaa and Hatem Maher
The US Treasury announced Friday it had sanctioned a "global network diverting funds for the benefit of Hezbollah", comprising 16 individuals and entities led by Hezbollah financier and former Lebanese public investment official Alaa Hassan Hamiyé, according to Lebanese daily L'Orient Le Jour.
For Lebanese Muslims, there was little to celebrate on Friday during Eid al-Fitr as a displacement crisis prompted by Israeli strikes and fears for the future cast a dark shadow over the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The United Arab Emirates announced Friday it had dismantled a terrorist network financed and operated by Hezbollah and its Iranian patron, involving money laundering, terrorist financing and threats to national security, according to official state media.
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