Syria’s worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink

EPA Sheep walk among the dried-out bed of the Orontes River in Jisr al-Shughour, SyriaEPA

Sheep walk among the dried-out bed of the Orontes River in Jisr al-Shughour, northern Syria

The wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and heavy with grain.

Instead, Maher Haddad’s 40 dunums (10 acres) are…

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