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Leading Druze politician Ìýof the said on Thursday that subsidies must end after the central bank decided to effectively halt support for .

"There is no escape from removing subsidies because the supply is going to Syria," he said in a televised news conference. "If we continue with subsidies, not one penny of the obligatory reserve will remain, and that will be the catastrophe," heÌýleaderÌýsaid.

Jumblatt is strongly against the regime in Syria and in 2016 said he would than reconcileÌýwith its president,ÌýBashar Al-Assad.

Despite the central bank deciding to end fuel subsidies, fuel prices in Lebanon that were issued on Wednesday still apply and are binding on companies and gas stations, the oil directorate said on Thursday.

In a statement, the directorate said fuel prices being circulated by media were not accurate and were based on assumptions.

(Reuters)