General Security Chief Ibrahim warns of “great danger” in Tripoli

General Security Chief Abbas Ibrahim said on Thursday that Lebanon is witnessing one of the “toughest' stages in its modern history, warning of the “great danger” in the northern city of Tripoli.

“The danger comes from the Israeli enemy at the border and the terrorist threat present inside the country,” he added.

Ibrahim noted that the solution for Lebanon’s pending issues would be “the adherence to the state's institutions, the constitution and the laws.”

The General Security Chief also said that the danger is increasing in Tripoli, adding that there is a planned project for the city.

A double suicide attack targeted on Tuesday, November 19 the Iranian embassy in south Beirut’s Bir Hassan region, killing at least 23 people, wounding 146 and damaging buildings in the embassy compound.

Live footage from local news channels showed charred bodies on the ground as flames rose from the remains of several vehicles. Aid workers and residents carried away some of the victims on blankets.

Caretaker Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil stated that the Cultural Attache of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari was killed in the blasts. Ansari took his post in Lebanon a month ago and was overseeing all regional cultural activities.

The Abdullah Azzam brigades, a Lebanon-based al-Qaeda affiliate, said it was behind a double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy.