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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bassem Mroue and Fay Abuelgasim

Lebanese environmental group accused of being Hezbollah arm

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

On the outskirts of this southern Lebanese village, workers in a pickup truck parked at a nature reserve named after a fallen fighter of the militant Hezbollah group. They took two large eucalyptus tree seedlings out of the truck and planted them.

The men are from Green Without Borders, a non-governmental organization that says it aims to protect Lebanon’s green areas and plant trees.

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