
Syria Fires Ravage Livelihoods Ahead of Harvest
Farmers in Syria have had their crops devastated by fires, leaving them wondering how they will earn enough money to survive reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Farmers in Syria have had their crops devastated by fires, leaving them wondering how they will earn enough money to survive reports Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Lebanon is experiencing the heaviest forest fires witnessed in decades. 104 separate fires were reported, with the largest fires near Mushrif threatening residential areas and causing the displacement of hundreds of people.
Syria: The steady fall in wheat output has put President Bashar al-Assad's government under increasing pressure to import grain - a process complicated by financial sanctions.
Despite the floods and fires, Iraq has achieved self-sufficiency in producing crops this year.
Despite achieving the highest wheat production rate since 1998, agricultural success in Iraq has been derailed by mysterious fires that have not been successfully explained.
Fires continue to destroy crops throughout the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, with authorities struggling to find the funds to compensate farmers.
Firefighters in Raqqa are battling against road congestion and a chronic shortage of resources in their attempts to reach the areas where they are needed.
Farmers in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria have been targeted continually by the deliberate burning of their crops, with ISIS militants widely suspected to be the perpetrators.
Farmers in Idlib accuse the Syrian government of deliberately setting fire to their crops in bid to take back opposition-held territory in northeast Syria.
Kurdish authorities in eastern Syria say politically motivated arsonists are setting fire to agricultural lands, destroying thousands of acres of farmers' crops.
A rash of Iraqi farmland set on fire, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), threatens massive economic loss and more internally displaced persons.
ISIS militants have been burning the crops of farmers to the south and west of Kirkuk. This time, they have deliberately attacked as Iftar approaches, knowing that farmers are less able to respond after long hours of fasting.
In Raqqa, farmers are in despair as ISIS militants continue to systematically burn their crop yields during harvest season.
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