Lebanon’s Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh has said his country is planning to file a lawsuit against the British newspaper The Telegraph for “tarnishing” the reputation of Beirut’s international airport, Al Jazeera reports.

His remarks during a news conference at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport came after it quoted unnamed sources as saying the airport is used by Hezbollah to store Iranian weapons.

Hamieh invited ambassadors and media to a field tour of all facilities in the airport, saying “weapons are never smuggled through Rafic Hariri International Airport, and everything written in The Telegraph about this is not true”.

“We will file a lawsuit against the newspaper because the statement issued by it defames the reputation of Rafic Hariri Airport without any legal basis. Lebanese customs represent the Lebanese state in protecting Hariri International Airport and cannot be questioned.”