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  "id": "us-travel-advisory:lebanon",
  "slug": "lebanon",
  "title": "Lebanon travel advisory: Level 4: Do Not Travel",
  "country": "Lebanon",
  "level": 4,
  "level_label": "Level 4: Do Not Travel",
  "level_name": "Do Not Travel",
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    "source_title": "Lebanon - Level 4: Do Not Travel",
    "source_url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/lebanon-travel-advisory.html",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-05-06",
    "source_identifier": "LE,advisory",
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    ],
    "source_note": "Updated to reflect ordered departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of government personnel on February 23.",
    "summary": "Do Not Travel to Lebanon for any reason due to the risk of crime, terrorism, unrest, kidnapping, landmines, and armed conflict. Some areas, especially near the borders, have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.",
    "summary_truncated": false
  },
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  "official_url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/lebanon-travel-advisory.html",
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      "rights_url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/copyright-disclaimer.html"
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  "source_updated_at": "2026-09-10",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-10T23:03:54+00:00",
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    "level_history_before_observation": "The source feed carries only the current advisory. Levels before CiteFacts' first validated observation are unknown, not assumed unchanged.",
    "cdc_destination_coverage": "CDC notices are matched by destination names in the notice title. A CDC destination page may list additional destinations; global and regional notices are listed on the family index, not attached here.",
    "cdc_notices": "No current CDC travel health notice names this destination in its title. This is not a statement that no health risk exists."
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    "title": "Destination name plus the source level label; not editorial judgment."
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