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Morocco Bans All Inbound Flights for 2 Weeks

In this file photo taken on March 15, 2020 passengers wait for their flights at the Marrakesh Airport in Morocco. (Photo by AFP)
In this file photo taken on March 15, 2020 passengers wait for their flights at the Marrakesh Airport in Morocco. (Photo by AFP)
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Morocco Bans All Inbound Flights for 2 Weeks

In this file photo taken on March 15, 2020 passengers wait for their flights at the Marrakesh Airport in Morocco. (Photo by AFP)
In this file photo taken on March 15, 2020 passengers wait for their flights at the Marrakesh Airport in Morocco. (Photo by AFP)

Morocco will ban all inbound international passenger flights for two weeks starting Nov. 29 due to concerns over the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the Moroccan government said in a statement on Sunday.

The Omicron coronavirus variant kept spreading around the world on Sunday.

The discovery of Omicron, dubbed a "variant of concern" last week by the World Health Organization, has caused worry around the world that it could resist vaccinations and prolong the nearly two-year COVID-19 pandemic.

First discovered in South Africa, it has now been detected in Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Botswana, Israel, Australia and Hong Kong.

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Israel Says it Struck Hezbollah Targets in East Lebanon

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon. Photo: X
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon. Photo: X
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Israel Says it Struck Hezbollah Targets in East Lebanon

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon. Photo: X
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon. Photo: X

Israel's military said it was striking targets belonging to Hezbollah's Radwan force in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Tuesday, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and the group.

"Moments ago, Israeli Air Force fighter jets... began numerous strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Bekaa, Lebanon," it said in a statement. "The military compounds that were struck were used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization for training and exercising terrorists to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against (Israeli) troops and the State of Israel."

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that ongoing Israeli military strikes in Lebanon were a clear message to Hezbollah, which he said was plotting to rebuild raid capabilities against Israel through its Radwan Force.

Since the US-brokered ceasefire went into effect in November, Hezbollah has almost ended all its military presence along the border with Israel, which is insisting that the group disarms all over Lebanon.

The Hezbollah-Israel war left over 4,000 people dead in Lebanon and caused destruction estimated at $11 billion. In Israel, 127 people, including 80 soldiers, were killed during the war.

Since the ceasefire, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on different parts of Lebanon, killing about 250 people and injuring over 600. Israel is also still holding five strategic posts inside Lebanon that it refused to withdraw from earlier this year.