“Lebanon is going through an unprecedented historical and existential crisis that threatens its present and future,” Mikati said RIYADH: Lebanon’s prime minister on Monday urged the international community to support the state, not factions operating in the country, and in a thinly veiled swipe at Iran, urged countries to stop interfering in its affairs. At a summit of Arab and Islamic countries, Prime Minister Najib Mikati demanded that countries stop “interfering in its internal affairs by supporting this or that group, but rather support Lebanon as a state and entity.” He warned that his country was suffering an “unprecedented” crisis that threatens its existence, as Israel wages war on Hezbollah. “Lebanon is going through an unprecedented historical and existential crisis that threatens its present and future,” he told the summit in Riyadh.