The Lebanese Prime Minister just resigned. I got a long voice mail from our friend who is a professor at AUB. He said that our son is in the safest place possible - all factions know how important the school is to the country and will not mess with it. Getting to the airport could be dangerous right now. He said to give it 24 hours and see what develops. He got choked up at the end of the message. 
This must bring back a lot of bad memories for the Lebanese people.