There’s a bit more coming in from Associated Press on the Lebanese situation:
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — President Emile Lahoud said Friday that Lebanon is in a “state of emergency” and ordered the army to take over security powers, hours before he was stepping down without a successor and leaving the divided country in a political vacuum. The government rejected the move, raising tensions.
Lahoud’s announcement immediately raised further confusion amid Lebanon’s political turmoil, which many fear could explode into […]