Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Jan. 3, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French and German foreign ministers visit to Syria.Iranian plane carrying Hezbollah funds stopped in Beirut airport: An Iranian delegation aboard a Mahan Air flight from Tehran, which also had Lebanese citizens aboard, expressed outrage at Lebanese security officials searching the plane after it landed at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, newspaper An-Nahar reported. The report added that the airport was on high alert amid suspicions that the flight might be carrying funds for Hezbollah. The security measures also included inspecting the luggage of an Iranian diplomat who serves at the embassy in Beirut, according to Al-Manar. Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi stated...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Jan. 3, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• French and German foreign ministers visit to Syria.Iranian plane carrying Hezbollah funds stopped in Beirut airport: An Iranian delegation aboard a Mahan Air flight from Tehran, which also had Lebanese citizens aboard, expressed outrage at Lebanese security officials searching the plane after it landed at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, newspaper An-Nahar reported. The report added that the airport was on high alert amid suspicions that the flight might be carrying funds for Hezbollah. The security measures also included inspecting the luggage of an Iranian diplomat who serves at the embassy in Beirut, according to Al-Manar. Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi...