{"id":2315,"date":"2017-12-18T04:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T05:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/british-embassy-worker-found-strangled-near-beirut\/"},"modified":"2017-12-18T04:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T05:13:16","slug":"british-embassy-worker-found-strangled-near-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/british-embassy-worker-found-strangled-near-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"British embassy worker found strangled near Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">A Britsh embassy worker has been found strangled near a highway outside Beirut, according to a Lebanese security source.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"49\">\n<p>\n\t30-year-old Rebecca Dykes worked in Beirut since January 2017 as a program and policy manager with the Department for International Development. She had previously worked on diplomatic programs related to Iraq and Lybia, according to her LinkedIn profile page, euronews.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe British Foreign Ministry has released a statement by Dykes&#8217; family but did not provide any further information on the circumstances of her death. An investigation is said to be underway.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. We are doing all we can to understand what happened,&#8221; the family said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBritain&#8217;s ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, tweeted: &#8220;The whole embassy is deeply shocked, saddened by this news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi A Britsh embassy worker has been found strangled near a highway outside Beirut, according to a Lebanese security source. 30-year-old Rebecca Dykes worked in Beirut since January 2017 as a program and policy manager with the Department for International Development. 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