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Trump directs lifting of US flight ban to Lebanon after high-level meeting with Joseph Aoun

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  • President Donald Trump announced the lifting of a U.S. flight ban to Lebanon, directing the administration to allow all U.S. carriers to fly directly to the country.
  • This decision follows a meeting between Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
  • The U.S. had suspended flights to Lebanon in 1985 after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847, which resulted in the death of a U.S. Navy diver.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is directing his administration to permit all U.S. airline carriers to resume direct flights to Lebanon. This directive comes in the wake of a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

U.S. flights to Lebanon were initially suspended in 1985 following the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. The aircraft, en route from Athens, Greece, to Rome, Italy, was forced to land in Beirut. During the 17-day ordeal, a U.S. Navy diver was tragically killed.

This move to lift the flight ban to Lebanon follows a similar decision made in January regarding Venezuela. Trump had ordered the Transportation Department to lift the ban on U.S. passenger air service to Venezuela after the U.S. captured the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, earlier that month. American Airlines resumed service from Miami to Caracas in late April, ending a seven-year suspension.

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