Almost 300 Egyptian citizens who were stranded in Lebanon returned home on board a plane taking Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty back to Egypt. Mr Abdelatty had been in Beirut to hold talks with the Lebanese leadership. The latest repatriation of 294 people brings the total number of Egyptians brought home from Lebanon to 1,177 since Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon in September, launching a ground invasion last month.

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