By reuters, A Syrian Christian Orthodox family was turned back from Philadelphia International Airport after traveling to the United States from Lebanon, airport sources in Beirut said on Sunday.
The family of six were denied entry under U.S. President Donald Trump’s new ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Syria, and flew back to Lebanon via Doha, the sources said. (Writing by John Davison, editing by Larry King)

DUBAI: Emirates airline has changed pilot and flight attendant
rosters on flights to the United States following the sudden U.S. travel
ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, but it said U.S. flights
continue to operate to schedule. The world’s largest long-haul
carrier, who flies daily to 11 U.S. cities, has made “the necessary
adjustments to our crewing, to comply with the latest requirements,” an
Emirates spokeswoman told Reuters by email on Sunday. President
Donald Trump on Friday temporarily suspended the entry of people from
Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The decision caught
airlines off guard, according to the International Air Transport
Association

The ban applies to pilots and flight attendants from the seven
countries, even though all flight crew who are not U.S. citizens already
need a special visa to enter the country. Another Emirates
spokeswoman said the impact of the ban on operations would be minimal.
The airline employs over 23,000 flight attendants and about four
thousand pilots from around the world, including the United States,
Europe and the Middle East.

Meanwhile, an Etihad Airways spokesman
said the airline has “taken steps to ensure there will be no issues for
flights departing over the coming weeks.”

But amid confusion over
enforcing the ban, it is unclear if the ban applies to dual nationals –
those who hold one passport from a country on the list and another from
a non-U.S. country that is not.

Etihad said on its website that
dual citizens could travel to the U.S. using their non-banned passport.
IATA have told its members that the ban does not apply to dual nationals
if they have a passport not ob the list, according to an email seen by
Reuters.

However, the Guardian reported on Saturday, quoting State Department officials, that dual nationals were banned.

Dubai-based
Emirates and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways are both owned by the
governments of the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. ally and Muslim-majority
country.

Both carriers said they would continue to comply with
the new rules on U.S. immigration but where possible would offer to
refund or rebook affected passengers.