EASA will continue to closely monitor the situation, with a view to assess whether there is an increase or decrease of risks for EU aircraft operators as a result of the evolution of the threat,
This isn’t a threat that has gone away,
However, this system led to these groups repeatedly trying to assert their own interests at the expense of the other groups,
But of course the army is also weakened by the national and economic crisis in Lebanon,
If there isn't a strong state that can take action against the centrifugal forces in its own country and institutions, then an oligarchic system can easily emerge in which everyone serves themselves,
The birth defect was that it included large areas of non-Maronite populations from the outset,
This would drag Lebanon into a civil war,
Lebanon was founded in the early 20th century as a state of Christian Maronites in alliance with the French as a protecting power,
Hezbollah has basically taken Lebanese politics hostage,
I expected the war to expand, but I thought it would be limited to (military) targets, not civilians, homes, and children,
I didn't even pack any clothes, I never thought we would leave like this and suddenly find ourselves on the streets,
I'm anxious and afraid of what may happen. I left my home without knowing where I'm going, what will happen to me, and whether I will return,
We don't have to go through what happened in Gaza,
The bombing intensified at night and our house started shaking,
Missiles rained down over our home. I will never forget the children's screams,
What did the (Lebanese) people do to deserve this?"
They want to wage war but what wrong did we do
We're going back home (in the southern suburbs), but we're scared,
We are patient, but we shouldn't be the only ones to pay this price,
We are announcing, we will not allow enemy flights with weapons to land at the civilian airport in Beirut. This is a civilian airport, for civilian use, and it must stay that way,