This is Cedrus libani, the cedar of Lebanon tree made famous by the Bible. Once Lebanon was covered with them, but thanks to the war, they are near threatened (LR/nt). C. libani is one of three true cedars, the others being C. deodarus and C. atlantica. The wood of the cedar of Lebanon was in high demand for many years; in fact King Solomon contributed to the loss of the tree by using it to build his temple. The needles of C. libani are rather asterisk-shaped, as can be seen here.
Actually, they're mainly threatened by centuries of over-cutting for wood, and excessive grazing by goats preventing any regeneration. I'd doubt that the war had much effect on them, as they're well away from where the fighting was.
Wonder if the wood was used for shipbuilding, was told that was why there are no really old trees in Ireland.
It was certainly used for shipbuilding - the wood has been found in old bronze age shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. That wouldn't affect Ireland though; it has only ever been grown as an ornamental tree there, not for timber production.
