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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." ...

The Cedar of Lebanon. June 15, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. The cedar of Lebanon was planted Dec. 15, 1899, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Washington's death.

The Cedar Revolution revealed the extent to which people supported the beloved Hariri, who was called Mr. Lebanon for his philanthropic principles and efforts to redevelop Beirut after it ...

It was a bloodless revolution that sent a signal to the wider Arab world, but on the 10th anniversary of an uprising that ended the Syrian occupation of Lebanon there are few signs of mass ...

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 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." ...