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Lebanese caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi. (AFP file photo) Beirut - Paula Astih
The deterioration of security and safety is another concern added to the Lebanese people’s massive financial, economic, social and political problems.
Security had been largely maintained in recent months, but as the people plunge deeper in crisis, the threat of instability grows.
The dire economy has led to a rise in crime and theft. Some people have said they no longer go out at night except for emergencies, they no longer travel long distances, avoid heading to ATMs at night and no longer wear precious jewelry.
Cyber security, electronic warfare and autonomous and ground-based air defence systems remain of major interest to the region’s militaries, analysts say
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A protester carries a poster of the Lebanese activist and Hezbollah critic of Iran-backed Hezbollah Lokman Slim with Arabic words on the poster that read, “Hezbollah’s arms against who? Weapons of terrorism” during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA-EFE
BEIRUT, Lebanon,– This week’s slaying of an anti-Hezbollah Shiite political activist in southern Lebanon and recent violent unrest in the northern city of Tripoli have increased fears the country is slipping into “security chaos” and facing an Iraq-style wave of silencing peaceful activists.
“All the signs indicate that Lebanon has actually reached the level of security chaos…We are already there,” Riad Kahwaji, a Dubai-based Middle East security and defense analyst who heads the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, told UPI.