Rabah noted that the protests have covered areas all over Lebanon, while the Lebanese diaspora in several countries also held demonstrations to voice their support for a political change in Lebanon.
"This is an urgent wake-up call which started by people themselves as they realized that this system is corrupted and it is no longer capable of providing them with basic services," he said.
Rabah explained that Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), abandoned Lebanon financially because of Iran-allied Hezbollah's dominance in the country which has left Lebanon exposed to such protests.
"Now people know that no one will bail the country out, this is why they acted," Rabah said.
Hilal Kashan, chair of the Political Studies Department at the American University of Beirut, believed that the Lebanese are suffering financially to such great extent that they do not need an external force to mobilize them.
"Maybe some outside forces can capitalize on these protests and take advantage of them, but people will take it to the streets anyway because they are angry and they cannot bear the current situation anymore," he said.
The Lebanese people have been suffering for many years from insufficient basic services such as electricity, water and proper healthcare, while having to pay heavy taxes without earning enough income due to the economic slowdown in the country, the analysts noted.
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