By Aileen Robertson

THE MOTHER of a Dunfermline teenager stranded in Lebanon claims the British Embassy put his life at risk by needlessly making him travel along roads being targeted by Israeli missiles.

Alexandra Abdallah, of Peirson Road, said her son Ali (18) made two journeys through the war zone only to be told he could not be rescued.

Having set off for a holiday just as the trouble flared, Ali is now stranded in the Bekaa valley. His late father was Lebanese and he is staying in a village with relatives in the region. The village is close to a Hezbollah settlement and the area is under constant fire.

Mrs Abdallah said her son was sleeping in fields because it was considered safer than being in a house which could be targeted. Just days ago, the former Beath High pupil narrowly escaped death when he was caught in a bomb attack after going for food.

With the Foreign Office’s deadline for evacuees having passed on Saturday, Ali is now trapped in the Bekaa valley.

Mrs Abdallah said her son should not have missed the last boat back to Britain and criticised the British Embassy’s “mismanagement” of the situation.

Last week, Ali travelled along treacherous roads to the British Embassy in Beirut. But he refused to accept the Embassy’s help when he was told he would have to leave his baby sister behind.

Mrs Abdallah said he then decided to leave the country by Syria but was again contacted by the British Embassy.

She told The Courier, “He managed to get to Syria and received a call telling him he would have to get back straight away. They said come back as fast as possible because the last ship is leaving. They told him ‘we can take you and your family.’ So he went back to Lebanon and got another call to say ‘we can only take you’.”

Even if Ali had been allowed to bring his family back to Britain, the bombing in the Bekaa valley has made the roads to Beirut extremely dangerous.

“When he went back to Lebanon he was still going to try to get there but the bombing is so bad he just couldn’t,” she said.

Mrs Abdallah said the journeys her son had made in the hope of being evacuated had put his life at risk for no reason.

She said, “Anything that moves could be blown up and he was at risk being in a car on the road. It’s complete negligence and misinformation on their part and I feel that my hands are tied.

“I don’t know if he’s going to be alive the next day or not. I just don’t know what’s happening.”