A rock hyrax, a small mammal living in colonies, photographed here before the 2026 war in South Lebanon. (Photo provided by the Green Southerners)
On their Facebook page, the Green Southerners, an environmental protection association mainly based in southern Lebanon, posted on May 13 a photo of a small mammal, the rock hyrax, whose many colonies have been recorded in this region. "We helplessly witnessed the detonation by the Israeli army of an entire neighborhood in Bayyada, Naqoura (Sour), where we know that about twenty colonies of hyraxes reside," says Hisham Younes, president of the association, to L’Orient-Le Jour.The rock hyrax is a typical example of these small mammals, closely dependent on their immediate environment, living in a well-defined social structure in rocky cavities. "We have recorded their presence on the slopes around Beaufort Castle, without being able to provide an exact number of colonies, and we think they also suffered from the fighting...
On their Facebook page, the Green Southerners, an environmental protection association mainly based in southern Lebanon, posted on May 13 a photo of a small mammal, the rock hyrax, whose many colonies have been recorded in this region. "We helplessly witnessed the detonation by the Israeli army of an entire neighborhood in Bayyada, Naqoura (Sour), where we know that about twenty colonies of hyraxes reside," says Hisham Younes, president of the association, to L’Orient-Le Jour.The rock hyrax is a typical example of these small mammals, closely dependent on their immediate environment, living in a well-defined social structure in rocky cavities. "We have recorded their presence on the slopes around Beaufort Castle, without being able to provide an exact number of colonies, and we think they also suffered from the...
