President Donald Trump has said that U.S. domestic airlines will begin flying to Beirut after meeting with Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun.
Flights To Beirut In a post on the social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump said that Aoun had done a "remarkable job" of transforming Lebanon.
Trump then shared that he will "allow U.S. airline carriers to fly directly to Lebanon," calling it a "beautiful land." He then said that he hoped other countries would follow suit and begin flying directly to the country.
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Source: Donald Trump via Truth Social Notably, U.S. airlines have not flown to Beirut since 1985, when the TWA Flight 847 from Greece to Italy was hijacked and forced to land in Beirut.
