The United States have supported the efforts of the Lebanese authorities to maintain calm in the country and stressed that they had not had the same reaction as the Gulf countries. "Our concern in Lebanon is first to prevent the conflict spilling over Syria and Lebanon and to make sure sectarian tensions in Syria do not affect its neighbor", said the spokesman for the State Department Victoria Nuland. "We have the appropriate warnings regarding travel" in Lebanon, she said, "but we have not gone as far as the Saudis."

France has also applied the precautionary principle. Air France flight to Beirut has been diverted to Amman on Wednesday evening to replenish fuel before landing in Cyprus, told AFP a spokesman for the airline . "As a precaution, Air France has diverted the flight to Amman as the security conditions are not good in Beirut," especially on the road to the airport, said the spokesman. Shiite protesters blocked the effect on airport road with burning tires, making access difficult. "Air France did not want to take the risk of leaving blocked its 200 passengers at the airport which has no hotels," the source said.

Source: Le Journal du Dimanche