Hezbollah turns on Kfoury after his meeting with President Aoun

Hezbollah- and Iran-backed media outlets, along with the party’s wider circle of loyalists and beneficiaries, are currently waging an extensive campaign against the head of security at Beirut Airport, Brigadier General Fadi Kfoury.

The attacks have intensified in recent weeks following his meeting with President Joseph Aoun, with critics portraying him as the president’s “man” and claiming he enjoys political protection. The campaign has also coincided with tighter airport controls aimed at preventing arms smuggling operations long attributed to Hezbollah.

At every stage, a new accusation has emerged. The campaign began with sectarian rhetoric, then moved to claims that Kfoury was using airport security personnel for personal purposes. Allegations of bribery followed, before the dispute expanded further around the issue of weapons smuggling.
The narratives keep changing, but the objective remains the same: targeting an official who does not fit within a project that treats state institutions—most notably Beirut Airport—as open territory for political and military influence.

For Hezbollah, the airport is not merely a public facility but a strategic lifeline. According to the party’s opponents, it has for years been used to move weapons and funds and to facilitate the entry of Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel, serving Hezbollah’s military and security agenda and the regional conflicts into which Lebanon has been drawn.

That is why any official who seeks to restore the airport to full state authority becomes a target of smear campaigns and accusations. The battle is not really about Fadi Kfoury as an individual, but about any official who places the law above Hezbollah’s influence and refuses to let public institutions be used in service of its project.