Middle East and North Africa

Insurance

 

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling. You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake. See travel insurance for further information.

 

If things do go wrong when you are oversees then see when things go wrong.

 

Registration

We recommend that British residents in Lebanon as well as British visitors (tourists and business visitors) register with the British Embassy in Beirut.

You can register via our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are in Lebanon so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency. When you are first registered with us you will be assigned a Warden who will, in turn, contact you to make themselves known. You only need to register for the service once and then update your account when you make a new trip abroad. You can even add planned trips abroad up to a year ahead. Help in register is available by contacting the Embassy.

Ensure that your travel documents are readily available and that your permission to remain or reside in Lebanon is up to date as failure to do so may impede your departure from Lebanon.

Where to get information during a crisis

In the event of a situation arising where we need to get information to you urgently your Warden network will contact you. If, however, there is a loss of communication between you and the Warden network you should monitor the following media outlets for updated information and advice to the community:

TV Stations:
LBCI  
New TV
NBN
Future News
OTV

Radio Stations:
Radio One 105.5 FM
Voice of Lebanon 93.3 FM
Radio Oreint 88.3- 88.6 FM
Sawt El Ghad 97.1- 96.7 FM
BBC Arabic 93.1 FM

Websites:
www.naharnet.com (English Website)
www.nowlebanon.com (English website)
www.dailystar.com.lb (English)
www.bbc.co.uk (English)
www.bbc.co.uk/arabic (Arabic)
www.elnashra.com (Arabic Website)
www.tayyar.org (Arabic Website)