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A nature reserve where trees were planted by Green Without Borders a non-governmental organization, in the outskirts of the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities.
A nature reserve where trees were planted by Green Without Borders a non-governmental organization, in the outskirts of the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities. The association denies such charges. The Arabic on the board reads "Green Without Borders, reserve of martyr commander Haj Bassam Tabaja."
Cars drive next to the wall that separates Lebanon from Israel in the southeastern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities. The association denies such charges.
A member of Green Without Borders a non-governmental organization plants a tree in a nature reserve in the outskirts of the southern town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities. The association denies such charges.
Cars drive next to the wall that separates Lebanon from Israel in the southeastern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities. The association denies such charges.
A walll that separates Lebanon from Israe is seen l in the southeastern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities. The association denies such charges.
Najib al-Ameel stands on a hill overlooking his hometown Rmaych along the Lebanese-Israeli border, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Green Without Borders that is active in southern Lebanon, including areas along the border with Israel, is being blamed by Israel, the U.S. and some in Lebanon for being an arm for Hezbollah to cover some of the group's military activities. The association denies such charges.
KFAR TIBNIT, Lebanon (AP) — 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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