Ibrahim Warns of Security Threats, Assures No Civil War Or Israeli Aggression

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim warned on Thursday that Lebanon is passing through a dangerous phase and is still a target for perpetrators who plan to shatter its peace but assured that the nation will not slide into another civil war or be subject to an Israeli aggression.

“The security situation in Lebanon is open to all kinds of prospects, and we expect more assassinations,” Ibrahim told al-Joumhouria daily.

He added that any assassination attempt aims to destabilize the country and benefit the perpetrators who planned it for that purpose.

He said: “Anyone can be a target for an assassination because it aims to destabilize the country. Its our duty to confront the danger threatening Lebanon.”

He also assured that Lebanon will not plunge into civil war despite the attempts dragging it to one, and said “the state and its institutions are coherent and united despite the regional and local situation.”

Lebanon witnessed a number of security breaches lately including missiles that hit the areas of Baabda and Beirut's southern suburbs (Dahieh), and the rockets launched against Israel which retaliated back by firing on Naameh, south of Beirut.

Other massive car blasts in August hit Dahieh and two mosques in Tripoli, killing and wounding hundreds.

The Maj. Gen. said he met with several political rivals who confirmed that none of them wants to go to civil war, he said: “Everyone is convinced that force in Lebanon does not impose anything.”

He ruled out the possibility of an Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

On the situation in the region, Ibrahim described it as “difficult” pointing to a ministerial meeting held at Baabda on Wednesday that discussed the repercussions of a military strike against Syria, “We have taken some precautions to confront the worst possibilities, mainly the influx of Syrian refuges.”

He pointed to a workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the UNHCR to follow up on the refugees file.

The number of Syrian refugees who have fled the violence in Syria since March 2011 has topped the two million mark, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.