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“Few people know that pine and cedar forests once carpeted wide sections of the Levant, and that the area teemed with large wildlife. It is little known that in the Lebanese port city of Sidon, for example, hippos and lions once thrived in green areas long surrendered to a modern urban sprawl now typical in the region. “
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/09/lost-forests-middle-east-environment-lebanon-rubbish-150902115715642.html
