📰 3 sources 5 articles · 6 Nov 2026, 10:37 → 6 days ago

Robberies in Beirut and on the Airport Road: A Security Denial Followed by Confirmation of Three Incidents

The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces denied reports of several robberies in Beirut on 5 November 2026, before Interior Ministry sources reported that three robberies did occur that day; Al-Hajjar later announced them, noting one on the Airport Road involving $800,000. The next day, Nidaa al-Watan quoted a senior official expressing anger at the return of lawlessness to the Airport Road amid two robberies totaling $1.4 million.

📍 Where things stand: The three incidents are officially confirmed, and the Airport Road robbery is being followed up closely amid official anger over the return of lawlessness to the road.

⏱️ Timeline

6 Nov 2026, 10:37 The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces denied as untrue what some news websites published and social media circulated about several robberies taking place in Beirut on 5/11/2026, urging media to be accurate and objective and to obtain information from the Public Relations Division.
6 Nov 2026, 14:23 Interior Ministry sources said three robberies occurred yesterday, not six as circulated, noting they took place in Rawdat al-Shahideen at 8:00 a.m., on the New Road at 12:00 p.m., and in Khaldeh at 10:00 p.m.
6 Nov 2026, 15:20 Al-Hajjar announced that three robberies took place yesterday, one of them on the Airport Road in which $800,000 was stolen, stressing that this incident is being followed up closely.
7 Nov 2026, 06:17 Nidaa al-Watan quoted a senior official expressing anger at the return of lawlessness to the Airport Road, asking how investors could be persuaded to come to Lebanon amid two robberies totaling one million and four hundred thousand dollars.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Locations of the three robberies

Rawdat al-Shahideen at 8:00 a.m., the New Road at 12:00 p.m., and Khaldeh at 10:00 p.m. according to MTV Lebanon
Three robberies, one of them on the Airport Road according to lebanon debate

Value of the stolen money in the Airport Road incidents

Two robberies totaling one million and four hundred thousand dollars according to MTV Lebanon
A robbery on the Airport Road in which $800,000 was stolen according to lebanon debate

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

How the sources covered it

LBCI confined itself to briefly relaying the security denial, MTV presented the sequence from denial to the security sources' details on the three incidents with times and places and then the senior official's anger, while lebanon debate focused on Al-Hajjar's announcement and the $800,000 on the Airport Road and the follow-up of that incident.

MTV Lebanon Followed the story in stages: it began with the security denial of the alleged robberies, then presented Interior Ministry sources' details on the three incidents with their times and places, and the next day added a senior official's anger at the return of lawlessness to the Airport Road as quoted by Nidaa al-Watan.
LBCI Lebanon Limited itself to relaying the security denial of the reported robberies in Beirut without further details on the incidents or their number.
lebanon debate Focused on Al-Hajjar's announcement of three robberies, highlighting the Airport Road incident and the $800,000 stolen there, and his confirmation that this incident is being followed up closely.

AI comparison of what each outlet emphasized. It describes emphasis, not accuracy.

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