This is Beirut, 07/05 15:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday that several foreign companies are interested in investing in Kleiate René Mouawad Airport, in northern Lebanon. He said that a master plan was being drawn up and that he would soon announce concrete projects during a future visit to the region. During a meeting with the Mufti of Akkar, Salam ...
This is Beirut, 21/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
London's Heathrow Airport, which shuttered on Friday after a fire broke out at a substation serving the aviation hub, is Europe's busiest in terms of passengers. The sprawling facility west of London welcomed a record number of travellers last year, with the aviation sector having recovered from the turbulent Covid years. Almost 84 million ...
This is Beirut, 21/03 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Britain's Heathrow airport, Europe's busiest, was shut down early Friday for 24 hours after a major fire at an electricity substation cut power to the sprawling facility west of London, officials said. Airport authorities said they "expect significant disruption" over the coming days, with hundreds of flights and thousands of passengers ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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Six kilograms of Captagon were seized at Beirut airport, in the suitcases of two Syrians. In a statement issued on Friday, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced that a unit of the airport control brigade “seized overnight around 6 kg of Captagon tablets, concealed in aluminum foil, as if they were chocolate ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 23:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Friday evening, a convoy carrying UNIFIL’s outgoing Deputy Commander, General Chok Bahadur Dhakal, was attacked by Hezbollah supporters near Beirut airport. General Dhakal sustained injuries and was hospitalized, while one of the three vehicles in the convoy was set on fire. Other members of the convoy were able to seek refuge within the ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The issue of the Iranian plane continues to stir tensions and the Lebanese Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced its intention on Thursday to send a plane to repatriate Lebanese nationals stranded in Tehran. According to several media outlets, Iranian authorities rejected Lebanon’s request to allow two Middle East Airlines (MEA) ...
This is Beirut, 07/01 19:30 - Reading : less than a minute
International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led forces toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month.
This is Beirut, 03/01 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A second plane originating from Iran was thoroughly searched at Beirut International Airport on Friday, without causing any problems similar to those which erupted the previous day on arrival of the Iranian Mahan Air plane. Speaking in a television interview, caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi pointed out: “We only want to protect ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 14:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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The security team accompanying Ali Larijani, the advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, refused to undergo a mandatory security inspection at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport on Friday, citing diplomatic immunity. Brigadier General Fadi Kfouri, head of airport security, had ordered a thorough inspection of the ...
Liliane Mokbel, 2024-10-09 14:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese authorities are resolute in their commitment to maintaining the “intact” reputation of BRHIA, ensuring stringent security measures, order and adherence to the law. Furthermore, caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Bassam Mawlawi and caretaker Minister of Transport and Public Works Ali Hamiye emphasized on Monday that ...
2023-12-27 17:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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This Is Beirut, 2023-12-24 14:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A number of flights from Geneva airport were delayed and some cancelled during the holiday rush Sunday, as dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute before an agreement was reached. The workers began their strike at 4:00 AM (3:00 GMT) to protest against the conditions provided by their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency ...