Security forces have been strategically deployed along the route to ensure rapid response capabilities across all key points.

Ryanair, the Irish low-cost carrier, said the flight from London had landed safely.

From the shattered boulevards of Tripoli to the bombed-out alleys of Aleppo, from Baghdad’s sectarian heartlands to Gaza’s crumbled skyline, a common image emerges – of nations torn apart, societies hollowed and futures stolen.