An Iranian airliner was refused permission to land at the Beirut airport on Saturday and returned to Iran.
No Iranian aircraft is authorized to land at Beirut International Airport © Mena Today
An Iranian airliner was refused permission to land at the Beirut airport on Saturday and returned to Iran.
Earlier, Turkish media reported that the IDF breeched the Beirut Airport control tower's communications and threatened Iranian civilian aircraft to stay away.
By Antoine Khoury
Mehrdad Akhlaghi, who is subject to United Nations sanctions, formally became Iran's defense minister on Sunday, replacing the man killed on the first day of the war in Israeli-US strikes at the end of February.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt would take any measures necessary to defend Saudi Arabia if asked, amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom, and parliament announced an emergency session on Sunday.
Missiles struck Yemen's Aden International Airport on Friday, while a Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted a ballistic missile headed for the Red Sea city of Yanbu, a key Saudi oil hub that allows exports to avoid the Strait of Hormuz.
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