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Dorian Jones

Lebanon becomes latest battleground in Turkish-Israeli tensions

Residents of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon collect humanitarian aid parcels on 16 June.
Residents of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon collect humanitarian aid parcels on 16 June. © Hussein Malla / AP Photo

Lebanon is emerging as the newest flashpoint in the increasingly strained relations between Turkey and Israel, with the former's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issuing a stark warning that Turkish security begins in Beirut.

Earlier this month, Erdogan addressed his parliamentary deputies with a forceful condemnation of Israel’s strikes on Lebanon and Syria, warning that Turkey’s security now stretches beyond its borders, reaching as far as Damascus and Beirut.

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