Non-essential staff return to US embassy in Beirut

The U.S. State Department allowed Thursday its non-essential staff to return to Beirut where they can resume work at the embassy.

All non-emergency workers at the U.S. embassy in Beirut were ordered on September 6 to leave Lebanon over security fears.

However, the State Department didn't fail to warn the U.S. citizens against the volatile environment in Lebanon, urging them to avoid traveling there.

"Lebanese government authorities are not able to guarantee protection for citizens or visitors to the country should violence erupt suddenly," the department said.