Cedar trees stand in the Cedars of God nature reserve in Bisharre, Lebanon. The reserve contains some of Lebanon's oldest cedar trees. Sam Tarling for NPR hide caption ...

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 ...

The fires came within just 7.5 miles of Lebanon's densest cedar forest in the Tannourine Nature Reserve. "This was the worst fire season on record," Mitri says. "It's a national disaster." ...

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 fire that Taleb and his friends fought this summer marked the first time on record that wildfires have reached Lebanon's cedar trees. Starting in the low plains of Wadi Jhannam or the "Valley ...

A symbol of Lebanon's resilience through its long, turbulent history, the country's towering cedars now face increasing threats from wildfire and parasites, both fueled by global warming.