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Yassin, a farmer from al-Sebat village in Rural Hasakah, stands in the yard where he keeps his livestock while explaining the catastrophic effects of drought on his life.

Drought in Iraq and Syria could totally collapse food system for millions, aid groups warn

September 10, 2021
Climate Change

Unprecedented drought — driven by climate change and exacerbated by upstream irrigation — is wreaking havoc on some of the world’s oldest river-fed farmlands in Iraq and Syria.

Drought in Iraq and Syria could totally collapse food system for millions, aid groups warn
a village in turkey that is about to be flooded

11,000-year-old Turkish town about to be submerged forever

May 22, 2019
Displacement
11,000-year-old Turkish town about to be submerged forever

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