Ibrahim: Danger Level Surging, Country at Critical Crossroads

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim warned Monday that stability in the country is in a “critical situation,” citing the regional conflicts, the presidential void and the threats at the eastern, northern and southern borders.

“The country is standing at an international crossroads that is putting our current stability in a critical situation at the political, security and economic levels,” said Ibrahim in an editorial in the General Security Magazine.

“The blaze in the Middle East region raises several possibilities, which might include the collapse of entire nations and civilizations and consequently demographic changes,” he added.

And warning that the regional challenges are being “compounded” by the country's protracting “presidential vacuum which has entered its third year,” Ibrahim cautioned that “the level of danger is surging around us from all sides.”

“At the border with Syria, the army and the security institutions are exerting extraordinary efforts to fend off terrorism, preserve national unity and protect the meaning of Lebanon from the barbaric minds, while Israel is always preparing for what it calls the Third Lebanon War,” Ibrahim added.

The General also cited the rise of a “racist, right-wing and nationalist coalition between (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and (Israel's newly-appointed Defense Minister Avigdor) Lieberman.”

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