MAASSERA AL SHOUF RESERVE, Lebanon — The cedars of Lebanon rise from the snow-dappled slopes of a limestone mountain. To enter this sanctuary of green, Karim Alameddine unlocks a white iron gate. He ...
Khaled Taleb steps out of his vehicle high on a mountainside in northern Lebanon, and surveys the charred remains of the cedar forest he fought to save. A black carpet of the trees' burned needles ...
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