Hezbollah supporters blocked the road to Beirut airport for two consecutive nights in protest over the barring of two Iranian planes. During the protests, a UN peacekeeping force vehicle was torched, wounding the outgoing deputy commander. The Lebanese army pledged to take firm action against those responsible.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A UN peacekeeping force vehicle in Lebanon was torched Friday as supporters of militant group Hezbollah blocked the road to Beirut airport in protest, with Unifil reporting one commander wounded in the incident. Hezbollah supporters have blocked the road to the country's only airport for two consecutive nights over a decision barring two Iranian planes from landing in the Lebanese capital.
Ceasefire deadlineHezbollah still has a sizeable power base in Lebanon even after a year of war with Israel, and the ousting in neighboring Syria of its ally Bashar al-Assad left it massively weakened.Israel has repeatedly accused Hezbollah of using Beirut airport to transfer weapons from Iran, claims Hezbollah and Lebanese officials have repeatedly de-nied.
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