An urgent e-mail message from a Lebanese Baptist leader warned Jan. 25 that escalating violence is threatening the Beirut Baptist School (BBS).
Nabil Costa, executive director of the Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development, has requested prayer for Lebanon and for the school, which serves preschool through high school age students. It is located near Beirut’s commercial and cultural heart.
"The security situation deteriorated sharply this afternoon in the vicinity of our … [s]chool," wrote Costa, whose organization runs the school and the nearby Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. "’Til this very hour some of our students remain at BBS, unable to go home because of the shooting in the streets."
The conflicts were outgrowths of a weeks-old protest that supporters of Hezbollah, an extremist Shiite Muslim political party in Lebanon, and its allies have waged against the Sunni-led government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
The unrest followed a devastating bombing campaign by Israeli fighter jets and naval vessels in July and August 2006, mainly aimed at Hezbollah-friendly areas of the country. (ABP)
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