The US continues to be the cheapest empire in world history:
https://xcancel.com/usembassybeirut/status/1839648548310204785
The U.S. Embassy is not evacuating U.S. citizens at this time. There is a commercially available flight that U.S. citizens who expressed interest in departing Lebanon will have to book and pay directly with the airline.
The reason why he looks so white is because his mother is British. Apparently, the dude speaks Arabic with a British accent as well.