Climate change further batters agricultural sector in Syria

STORY: Climate change further batters agricultural sector in Syria DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:09 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the olive farm and wheat farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAED HAMZEH, Head of agricultural policies at Syrian Ministry of Agriculture 3. various of the harvesting 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): RAED HAMZEH, Head of agricultural policies at Syrian Ministry of Agriculture 5. various of a farmer checking his farm 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDULLAH HUSSAIN, Farmer 7. various of the farmland 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): KARMO ALI, Farmer 9. various of sheep 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): ABU BASHAR, Farmer and livestock merchant STORYLINE: As the Syrian agricultural sector has taken strong beatings during years of conflict, uncontrollable factors related to climate change further damaged the country's agricultural production. The worst drought in 70 years in the country is posing a huge challenge to Syrian farmers and agricultural authorities ali

Syrian farmers accuse U.S. of preventing flow of wheat harvests

STORY: Syrian farmers accuse U.S. of preventing flow of wheat harvests DATELINE: June 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the wheat harvest in Hasakah 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): ALI MAKHLOUF, Agriculture official in Hasakah, Syria 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): ABDULLAH HUSSAIN, Farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (ARABIC): KARMO ALI, Farmer 5. various of the wheat harvest in Hasakah STORYLINE: Farmers in the resources-rich Hasakah province of Syria are complaining about the U.S. forces, who are preventing the flow of wheat harvests to government-controlled areas. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Hasakah alone contributed about 36 percent of wheat production in the country. During the Syrian war, Kurdish militias backed by the U.S. forces have taken big chunks of that key province. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): ALI MAKHLOUF, Agriculture official in Hasakah, Syria "Apart from the drought this year, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have prevented the delivery

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