He said if Lebanon remained shut down by the protests, people including the army would not get their wages and the country would be plunged into complete chaos. “I am afraid that there are those who want to take our country and generate social, security and political tensions and to take it to civil war,” Nasrallah said. As politicians ponder ways out, financial strains are mounting in Lebanon, one of the world’s most heavily indebted states. While the central bank’s foreign currency reserves were enough to service government debt in the near term, risks to government creditworthiness have risen, S&P said. There has so far been no financial support from countries which have in the past aided Lebanon, such as Western and Gulf Arab countries.

Source: Pakistan Today October 25, 2019 17:03 UTC