Beirut bids farewell to Lebanon’s turtle advocate Mona Khalil
Mourners in Beirut paid tribute to Mona Khalil, a 77-year-old sea turtle conservationist who died from wounds suffered in an Israeli strike on her al-Mansouri home in southern Lebanon. Khalil built the Orange House Project to protect nesting sea turtles and trained volunteers patrolling the coast to safeguard nests. She had refused to abandon the area during earlier conflicts, and her burial arrangements remain uncertain amid security concerns.
