Lebanese politicians warned on Saturday against the return to war on the 40th anniversary of the start of Lebanon's civil war that killed more than 150,000 people.

“We did not end our civil war to precipitate our country into the furnace of Arab wars,” said al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri via twitter.

“We cannot protect Lebanon if we do not stop surrounding fires from reaching it, or worse, if we keep throwing ourselves into their flames!” he said.

“40th anniversary of the start of Lebanon's civil war: Never again,” he tweeted.

The civil war lasted 15 bloody years from 1975 to 1990. It claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people and left some 17,000 missing, according to official figures.

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