This is Beirut, 28/02 17:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah Beirut Airport Funds
The Finance Ministry announced on Friday that the Passenger and Duty-Free Department of the Lebanese Customs Authority seized $2.5 million from a traveler arriving from Turkey at Beirut International Airport (BIA). According to Reuters, the funds were destined for Hezbollah. On the advice of the prosecutor of the Cassation Court, the passenger ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee confirmed that Iranian diplomats were not subjected to any inspection at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport last Friday. Ebrahim Rezai, the committee’s spokesperson, clarified on Sunday, “The committee held an extensive four-hour session to investigate the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-12 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Videos showing the airport flooded on Tuesday morning quickly went viral: passengers wading through water in the building, water falling on the escalators, sweepers working together to clear the water. For once, the infrastructure has nothing to do with the flooding which motorists are mainly accustomed to on Lebanese ...