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More Airlines Cancel Beirut Flights Amid Escalation

People watch the sunset along Beirut's seafront corniche as an aircraft approaches to land at Rafic Hariri International Airport on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
People watch the sunset along Beirut's seafront corniche as an aircraft approaches to land at Rafic Hariri International Airport on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
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More Airlines Cancel Beirut Flights Amid Escalation

People watch the sunset along Beirut's seafront corniche as an aircraft approaches to land at Rafic Hariri International Airport on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
People watch the sunset along Beirut's seafront corniche as an aircraft approaches to land at Rafic Hariri International Airport on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Greece's Aegean Airlines and Germany's Condor cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday, the latest airlines to suspend services to the Lebanese capital in recent days as tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah.
Aegean said it would suspend flights until Thursday, while Condor cancelled Tuesday's flight from Dusseldorf, Reuters reported.
Air France and Lufthansa Group carriers Swiss, Eurowings and Lufthansa on Monday announced flight cancellations.
A number of other carriers have suspended, delayed or cancelled some flights, although Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport listed arrivals on Tuesday from airlines including Pegasus, Emirates, Royal Jordanian, EgyptAir, Iran Air, Qatar Airways and Etihad.
Lebanon has been bracing for retaliation from Israel since a strike on Saturday in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers. Hezbollah has denied blame.

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Syria Condemns Israeli Strikes on Southwestern City of Daraa

People gather during the funeral of civilians killed in an Israeli strike on Monday, in Daraa, Syria March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
People gather during the funeral of civilians killed in an Israeli strike on Monday, in Daraa, Syria March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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Syria Condemns Israeli Strikes on Southwestern City of Daraa

People gather during the funeral of civilians killed in an Israeli strike on Monday, in Daraa, Syria March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
People gather during the funeral of civilians killed in an Israeli strike on Monday, in Daraa, Syria March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Syria's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Israeli strikes on the southwestern city of Daraa, which it said killed and injured civilians.

The strikes a day earlier killed at least three people and injured 19 others, the Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, said.

The Syrian foreign ministry said the strikes were "part of a campaign waged by Israel against the Syrian people and the country's stability", Reuters reported.

"The ongoing Israeli aggression on Syria is not only a violation of international law, but is also a direct threat to regional and international security," the ministry said.

The Israeli army confirmed the strikes, the latest in a string of attacks targeting Syria's military infrastructure since opposition factions toppled President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Israel said it targeted military headquarters and sites containing weapons and equipment.