Since the late 1990s, infant cedar sawflies have been eating away at the forest in Tannourine, as well as in several other natural reserves in northern Lebanon. “In 2017, 170 trees dried up ...

BAROUK CEDAR FOREST, Lebanon — Walking among the cedars on a mountain slope in Lebanon feels like visiting the territory of primeval beings. Some of the oldest trees have been here for more than ...

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 ...

The final blow to the trees comes from wood-eating insects, which are difficult to exterminate. Entymologist Nemer said the insects have infested 80 percent of the forest.