Lebanon's Defence Minister said on Thursday the country was in a 'very...
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s Defence Minister said on Thursday the country was in a “very dangerous situation” and compared street unrest of recent days to the start of 1975-90 civil war.
Though the protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful, a protester who was shot dead south of Beirut on Tuesday. But he added that the army and security services could not accept any person thinking of taking violent actions. “We are closing it for Alaa,” a protester said outside a coffee shop, which later shut. She was referring to the protester shot dead after an altercation with Lebanese soldiers at a roadblock south of Beirut on Tuesday.Nearby, a dozen or so protesters chanting “revolution, revolution” toured the center of the capital urging shops to close to pressure leaders to agree reforms to tackle poverty, rising unemployment and worsening living standards.
“You have a problem of liquidity, and there is no solution for it, unless you put in place a proper plan to solve the problem, there is no need to open the banks,” a banker said.
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