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LEBANON WAR

Companies are charging between $1,400 to $2,300 to flee Lebanon on a yacht

Amid incessant Israeli bombings and a lack of alternatives, hundreds are evacuating from Lebanon via luxury boat trips and passenger ferries to Cyprus and Turkey.

Companies are charging between $1,400 to $2,300 to flee Lebanon on a yacht

People prepare to board a yacht to Cyprus at Dbayeh Marina, just north of Beirut, on Oct. 4, 2024. (Credit: Stephanie Bechara/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — Torn for days between deciding to stay or leave, Abby*, an American who had been living and working in Lebanon since 2019, finally made the tough choice to get on a yacht bound for Cyprus, for which she paid $1,400. Along with fourteen...
BEIRUT — Torn for days between deciding to stay or leave, Abby*, an American who had been living and working in Lebanon since 2019, finally made the tough choice to get on a yacht bound for Cyprus, for which she paid $1,400. Along with fourteen...