The Lebanese army fired tear gas on Saturday at Hezbollah supporters protesting around Beirut airport against Lebanon blocking an Iranian flight to Beirut this week after the Israeli military accused Tehran of using civilian aircraft to smuggle cash to Beirut to arm the Lebanese group.

Lebanon blocked an Iranian airliner from flying into Beirut Thursday after Israel accused Iran a day earlier of using civilian flights to deliver cash to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. The chief executive of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport,

The Lebanese Army fired tear gas and shots into the air to disperse protesters from the pro-Iranian Shia group Hizbullah, who gathered this Saturday in Beirut to protest the refusal by Lebanese authorities to authorize the landing of Iranian planes at the capital’s airport.

Thousands of supporters have gathered in downtown Beirut to mark the 20th anniversary of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination

Lebanon on Friday marks 20 years since former prime minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination amid seismic political changes that have weakened Hezbollah and its backers and could herald a comeback for Hariri's son Saad.

Thousands gathered in Beirut Friday to mark 20 years since the assassination of ex-premier Rafic Hariri, and to call for the return of his son Saad to political life. On Friday, thousands of flag-waving Hariri supporters began gathering at his father's burial site in Beirut.