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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.

14 October 2020Syria
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Hundreds Displaced Across Lebanon Due To Forest Fires

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.

16 October 2019Middle East
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UN Says Food Security In Syria Still A Challenge

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.

06 September 2019Syria
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Iraq achieves self-sufficiency in strategic crops

Despite the floods and fires, Iraq has achieved self-sufficiency in producing crops this year.

07 August 2019Iraq
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Mystery fires in Iraq kill dream of food self-sufficiency

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.

26 June 2019Iraq
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Fire in northeast Syria engulfs 16 villages

Fires continue to destroy crops throughout the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, with authorities struggling to find the funds to compensate farmers.

25 June 2019Syria
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Syria: Firefighters in Raqqa work around the clock to save farmlands

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.

18 June 2019Syria
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Authorities in northern Syria say ISIS has burnt 160,000 hectares of farmland

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.

11 June 2019Syria
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'Weaponisation Of Hunger': Idlib's Farmers Victims Of Scorched-Earth Campaign

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.

10 June 2019Syria
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Syrian Farmers Suffer As Kurds' Crops Set Ablaze

Kurdish authorities in eastern Syria say politically motivated arsonists are setting fire to agricultural lands, destroying thousands of acres of farmers' crops.

09 June 2019Syria
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IS exploits disputed areas, sets Iraqi fields on fire

A rash of Iraqi farmland set on fire, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), threatens massive economic loss and more internally displaced persons.

30 May 2019Iraq
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ISIS' Malicious Tactics Of Burning Farmlands Is Destroying Livelihoods

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.

29 May 2019Iraq
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ISIS Is Depriving The People Of Raqqa Of Their Livelihoods

In Raqqa, farmers are in despair as ISIS militants continue to systematically burn their crop yields during harvest season.

28 May 2019Syria
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ISIS fires at fleeing Mosul civilians, killing 7, wounding 23

At least seven civilians were killed and 23 wounded by ISIS mortar shells as they tried to flee Mosul militant-controlled...

02 June 2017
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ISIS Torches Qayyara Oil Field in Northern Iraq, National Units Put out...

Five oil wells are reportedly still burning out of 25 that ISIS set on fire in Qayyara, south of Mosul,...

13 February 2017
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ISIS builds 'hell on earth' around itself in Mosul, US military says

ISIS is preparing for “hell on earth,” says Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, who added that...

27 September 2016Iraq
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