Lebanese Ministers: Next 48 Hours Will Be 'Very Dangerous'

Lebanon's ministers warned on Thursday that the next 48 hours will be particularly dangerous following two days of exploding communications devices throughout the country that left at least 37 people dead and 3,000 injured in the apparent sabotage. Members of the country's leadership told CNBC that the risk of escalation is extremely high after thousands of pagers and two-way radios used by members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah exploded in a wave of widespread attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday. "It's definitely a very serious escalation," Lebanon's minister of economy,...