Mount Lebanon

Both villages are in the Mount Lebanon region and outside areas where the armed group Hezbollah has a strong presence.

A British man who works for an international humanitarian organisation and wishes to remain anonymous, evacuated his home in Beirut to Mount Lebanon with his wife and child last week.

"We went to Mount Lebanon, about 30 minutes from Beirut, which is currently considered a safe zone," she said.

A separate probe by Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Ghada Aoun led to Salameh being charged in March 2022 with illicit enrichment in a case related to the purchase and rental of Paris apartments, including some by the central bank.

Earlier this week, Ghada Aoun, an investigative judge at Mount Lebanon district court who has been investigating Salameh, issued a search warrant for Saliba’s home as part of her investigation of the governor.