Iranian flight makes U-turn after Israel said to take over Beirut airport control tower communications

An Iranian Qeshm Fars Air flight from Tehran, possibly heading for Lebanon or Syria, made a U-turn over Iraqi airspace earlier today, data from flight tracking websites show.

The incident comes after last night the IDF warned it would foil any attempts by Iran to transfer weapons to Hezbollah, including via the civilian Beirut airport.

Lebanon’s minister of public works and transport, Ali Hamiya, is cited by Lebanese media as saying that he instructed an Iranian plane not to land at Beirut’s airport and not enter Lebanese airspace after Israel took control of the airport’s control tower and warned it would use force if the plane landed in Lebanon.

IRGC affiliated Qeshm Fars Air, EP-FAB had done a U-turn over Syria earlier today, EP-FAB has an infamous record of moving drones and munitions on behalf of IRGC to multiple areas of the Middle East and further. pic.twitter.com/bZrHbVl435

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