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Russia Says It Struck Two Syrian Militant Sites

File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)
File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)
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Russia Says It Struck Two Syrian Militant Sites

File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)
File photo: A Syrian army soldier stands next to a Syrian flag in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Daraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. (Reuters)

Russia's air force carried out strikes on two militant sites in Syria outside the area of al-Tanf, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Sunday, referring to the region of a US military base.
Citing Captain Oleg Ignasyuk, the report did not specify the location but said the militants had recently left the al-Tanf area, which borders Jordan, according to Reuters.
"Russian Aerospace Forces have struck two identified sites of militants who left the al-Tanf zone," RIA quoted Ignasyuk, who is also deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria, as telling a briefing.

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Nearly 700 Americans Have Left Lebanon as Hostilities Mount

This picture shows a view of destruction following an overnight Israeli air strike on the neighborhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs, on October 7, 2024. (AFP)
This picture shows a view of destruction following an overnight Israeli air strike on the neighborhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs, on October 7, 2024. (AFP)
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Nearly 700 Americans Have Left Lebanon as Hostilities Mount

This picture shows a view of destruction following an overnight Israeli air strike on the neighborhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs, on October 7, 2024. (AFP)
This picture shows a view of destruction following an overnight Israeli air strike on the neighborhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs, on October 7, 2024. (AFP)

The State Department says nearly 700 American citizens, green card holders and family members have now left Lebanon aboard US-contracted planes since late September as hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah escalate and fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East grow.

The department said Monday that about 90 passengers — less than a third of the planes 300-person capacity — departed Beirut for Istanbul, Türkiye, on Sunday on the latest flight.

Hundreds of other Americans have left Lebanon aboard regularly scheduled commercial flights since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified.

The department said it has made more than 2,900 seats available for Americans on those flights.

Twenty Indonesian nationals and a Lebanese evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Jakarta on a commercial flight early Monday and will likely be followed by 20 more in the afternoon, officials said.

President Joko Widodo has called to prioritize the evacuation of Indonesians in Lebanon as hostilities mount.

“I have directed the foreign affairs minister to take immediate action to ensure the safety and protection of our citizens and expedite their evacuation,” Widodo said last week.

Indonesia’s Embassy in Beirut had prepared evacuation procedures for citizens as part of its contingency planning since August. The Embassy evacuated 25 Indonesian citizens who returned safely to Indonesia last month, said Judha Nugraha, Director of Indonesian Citizen Protection at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

There are 116 registered Indonesian citizens in Lebanon, most of them students, migrant workers and people married to Lebanese nationals. Many of them have chosen to remain there for various reasons, Nugraha said.