The incident marks the latest in a series at the Beirut airport, which has been a key point of tension between Iran and people within Lebanon’s government who are cautiously distancing themselves from Iran’s influence.

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,

Hezbollah supporters burned tires during a protest outside the entrance to Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut. Camera: Wael Hamzeh. Footage of the protest outside the entrance of Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut.