High up in Lebanon's mountains, the lifeless grey trunks of dead cedar trees stand stark in the deep green forest, witnesses of the climate change that has ravaged them.

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.

Lebanon's majestic cedar trees have withstood the test of time for centuries but climate change is threatening the country's most treasured symbol. Used by various civilisations throughout history ...

A COUNCIL has sparked outrage after it cut down an 800-year-old tree and spoiled plans to turn it into a bench. The Lebanon cedar tree in Rye Cemetery, East Sussex was felled by Rother District Cou… ...

The tree, a Lebanon cedar, is likely to be about 200 years old and has dropped several large limbs over the last two years in the yard of St Mary’s Church in Witney. The town council said this ...

Left: A scorched juniper tree that was burned in a recent wildfire which also burned a number of cedar trees. Right: Khaled Taleb The cedar tree is a source of national pride in Lebanon.

At 1,800 metres altitude, in the natural reserve of Tannourine in the north of Lebanon, ashen tree skeletons jut out of the forest near surviving cedars centuries old. "It's as if a fire had swept ...

Starting in the low plains of Wadi Jhannam or the "Valley of Hell," Taleb says the fire burned through almost 100 acres of woodland, damaging some 100 prized cedar and juniper trees. This might seem ...