WORLD : All Americans Urged to Quit Beirut

BEIRUT —  The U.S. Embassy said today all Americans remaining should leave Lebanon, and the leading Beirut newspaper predicted a Syrian assault on the Christian enclave defended by Gen. Michel Aoun’s Christian army units.

An official at the embassy said there are “several hundred Americans in Lebanon, most of them dual nationals.” He would not be more specific. The embassy said in a statement that it is “not in a position to arrange transportation of citizens from Lebanon” but that Americans are “strongly advised to depart Lebanon immediately . . . because of the threat posed by the security situation.”