Travellers rush to leave Lebanon amid spiking tensions, cancelled flights

AFP photo of passengers at the departures hall of Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut.

Travellers waited in long lines at Beirut airport on Sunday, some after cutting summer holidays short, as airlines have cancelled flights and fears have grown of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah."I'm not happy to leave. I wanted to spend the whole summer in Lebanon then go back to work" in France, said Joelle...