par This Is Beirut, 07/01 18:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Beirut Airport Hackers Hezbollah
The situation at Beirut International Airport is back to normal on Sunday evening, following the hacking of the Departure and Arrival Screens that displayed an anti-Hezbollah message and lasted for one hour. According to sources close to This Is Beirut, three people were arrested by authorities for suspected involvement. At around 5 PM local ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/01 15:18 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut Airport Internal Security Force
The Internal Security Forces Inspection unit successfully thwarted, on Thursday night, an attempt to smuggle a quantity of cannabis estimated at 20 kilograms at Beirut's International Airport. Two Lebanese women were caught trying to smuggle the drugs, disguised as food items, to Istanbul.
par This Is Beirut, 05/02 16:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following the hacking of information screens at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on January 7, caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamiye vowed to conduct a thorough and quick investigation to reveal the causes of the cyberattack within a couple of days. However, almost a month passed and no information has been ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/02 18:13 - Reading : less than a minute
Year-on-year traffic at Beirut International Airport (BIA) declined by 8.49% in January, according to figures released by BIA. A total of 450,989 passengers, arrivals and departures combined, recorded an 8.49% decrease compared to January 2023. The number of arrivals in Lebanon dropped by 5.17%, totaling 201,269 passengers. Departures from ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 21:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon will lodge a complaint against Israel at the UN Security Council, accusing it of disrupting navigation systems and civil aviation around Beirut airport, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, a Hamas ally, has been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire with the ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/04 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamiye declared on Sunday morning that Lebanon "has reopened its airspace at 7 AM, and the airport will gradually resume normal operations today." "Operations should return to normal by the end of the day," he announced during a tour of the airport. Following the Iranian attack on Israel on ...
par This Is Beirut, 31/05 13:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The customs department at the Beirut International Airport seized 20.95 kg of hashish on Thursday. The drugs were concealed in packaging and destined for export to the Netherlands. This move is part of the security forces’ efforts to combat drug trafficking, which has been on the rise since the onset of the 2019 economic crisis.
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 17:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah is reportedly storing a large quantity of Iranian weapons, missiles and explosives at Beirut International Airport (BIA), according to British daily newspaper The Telegraph, which quotes whistleblowers who work at the airport. This information has sparked strong reactions in Lebanon, where Caretaker Minister of Public Works ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/07 13:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Middle East Airlines (MEA) Chairman Mohammed al-Hout gave an overview of the situation at Beirut airport (BIA) on Tuesday. This was done in light of a meeting Hout had with caretaker Prime Minister Nagib Mikati, to discuss the company’s situation and progress in view of the security crisis. Hout emphasized that all Arab airlines, such as ...
23/09 16:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The head of the Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies, Jean Abboud, revealed in a statement today a "significant decline in the activity at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, with around 14 airlines suspending their flights to Lebanon due to the ongoing security and military developments in the country," noting that the decline ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 23/09 18:48 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s telecom network, which reportedly spans nearly the entire national territory, is believed to be used almost exclusively by its military wing and activated only in times of combat or large-scale conflict. Israel's dramatic twin assault using booby-trapped transmission devices on Tuesday, September 17, and Wednesday, September 18, ...
