Lebanon organizes tour at Beirut airport after claims of Hezbollah storing weapons

YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS. Lebanon on Monday organized a tour for media outlets and diplomats around Beirut’s international airport, one day after a British publication report claimed that Hezbollah was storing weapons at the facility, Al Arabiya reports.
Various media outlets and diplomats were invited by Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamieh to inspect various areas at Rafik Hariri International Airport to refute The Telegraph’s report on Sunday.

The publication said that Hezbollah is storing missiles and rockets at the airport, where “whistleblowers” had reported the arrival of “unusually big boxes.”

After the report, Hamieh held a news conference to address the claims.

Footage from local media showed Hamieh along with Foreign Minister Abdullah Bouhabib and Information Minister Ziad Makary touring the facility as well as cargo and customs buildings along with ambassadors and journalists, the report adds.
Makary said that it was not “possible for Hezbollah to store missiles in a place where world ambassadors [would] enter.”

Israel has for years accused Hezbollah of keeping precision rockets and missiles in different installations throughout Lebanon, including on a site near Beirut airport.
Hezbollah denies these accusations.