BEIRUT: U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly expressed “regret” Wednesday over damage caused by her convoy to a wall in Tyre while she was on a visit to promote the protection of cultural property and visit project sites under the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation.
An embassy statement said that “while at the Bass site, a U.S. Embassy vehicle parked too close to a modern wall built to shore up the main road to the site that caused part of the wall to collapse.
Ambassador Connelly expresses the U.S. Embassy’s regret at this incident.” The embassy said it was coordinating with the Culture Ministry and the Municipality of Tyre to pay for the damages.