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Aeroflot to resume flights to Beirut Oct. 8

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MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Aeroflot [RTS: AFLT] said Saturday it will restart regular passenger flights from Moscow to Beirut from October 8 after grounding planes for two months because of the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah fighters.

"On October 8, Aeroflot will resume regular flights to the capital of Lebanon, which were disrupted July 13 with the escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict and military operations in the region," the national air carrier's press service said.

The flights will be on Thursdays and Sundays on board an A-319 aircraft.

Southern Lebanon was devastated after Israel launched attacks following the seizure of two Israeli troops in early July on the border with Lebanon by Lebanon-based radical group Hizbollah.

Before the August 14 truce, Israeli military operations claimed the lives of about 1,000 Lebanese civilians, forced nearly a quarter of the country's population to flee, and demolished large parts of the country's infrastructure. About 160 Israelis were also killed in the fighting.

The UN deployed troops in southern Lebanon and has said it hopes to increase its contingent in the region to 15,000.

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