Tag: environmental group

WASHINGTON: The United States announced sanctions Wednesday on the Lebanese environmental group Green Without Borders, charging that it acts as a "cover" for Hezbollah's security operations near the border with Israel.The 10-year-old Green Without Borders (GWB) conducts activities like tree-planting to protect Lebanon's environment. However, the US Treasury said, "In reality, it has served as a cover for Hezbollah's activities in southern Lebanon along the Blue Line, where GWB has outposts manned by Hezbollah operatives in more than a dozen locations." Those outposts are cover for underground warehouses...