General Fadi Kfoury during the visit of Interior Minister Bassam Maoulaoui at the Beirut airport, December 8, 2022. (Credit: Hussam Chbaro/L'Orient-Le Jour)
General Fadi Kfoury is known for founding and leading the army’s Strike Force, an elite unit specialized in counter-terrorism. The unit especially gained a name during the so-called Fajr al-Jurud Operation launched against the Islamic State in 2017 along the Lebanese-Syrian border. But, more recently, General Fadi Kfoury has been named the new head of the airport security service, at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport (BIA), succeeding the now-retired General Nabil Abdallah. It is a service composed of a dozen sections and units of the army, Internal Security Forces, General Security and Customs.No ‘Aoun promotion’?Tall and in his 50’s, Kfoury has a serious expression. “He is a man of action, professional, strict with a sense of duty,” retired General Maroun Hitti told L’Orient-Le Jour. “While he is capable of playing the...
General Fadi Kfoury is known for founding and leading the army’s Strike Force, an elite unit specialized in counter-terrorism. The unit especially gained a name during the so-called Fajr al-Jurud Operation launched against the Islamic State in 2017 along the Lebanese-Syrian border. But, more recently, General Fadi Kfoury has been named the new head of the airport security service, at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport (BIA), succeeding the now-retired General Nabil Abdallah. It is a service composed of a dozen sections and units of the army, Internal Security Forces, General Security and Customs.No ‘Aoun promotion’?Tall and in his 50’s, Kfoury has a serious expression. “He is a man of action, professional, strict with a sense of duty,” retired General Maroun Hitti told L’Orient-Le Jour. “While he is capable of...
