{"id":272799,"date":"2024-08-03T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T08:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=272799"},"modified":"2024-08-03T16:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T08:35:44","slug":"sweden-shuts-lebanon-embassy-amid-fears-of-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=272799","title":{"rendered":"Sweden shuts Lebanon embassy amid fears of escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/08\/03\/image-202506-1722672153.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>STOCKHOLM, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Sweden said Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut amid fears the war in Gaza could escalate into a region-wide conflict, after urging thousands of its citizens to leave Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week, blamed on Israel, have heightened regional tensions amid the Gaza war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The foreign ministry has instructed its staff to leave Beirut and travel to Cyprus, and the foreign ministry is planning a temporary relocation of its embassy,&#8221; Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Swedish Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision had been taken &#8220;initially for the month of August but may be extended depending on the security situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The ministry is monitoring developments closely,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the foreign ministry, as many as 10,000 Swedish nationals may have travelled to Lebanon this summer, defying a travel warning in place for the country since October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I urge Swedes in Lebanon to leave the country by whichever means possible, while they still can,&#8221; he said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Sweden said Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut amid fears the war in Gaza could escalate into a region-wide conflict, after urging thousands of its citizens to leave Lebanon. The killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week, blamed on Israel, have heightened regional tensions amid the Gaza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":272800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272799"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272801,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272799\/revisions\/272801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/272800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}