Drought Threatens Syria Economy as Refugees Flee Parched Farms

“The lack of water has caused more than 800,000 people in eastern Syria to lose “almost all of their livelihoods and face extreme hardship,” according to an Aug. 11 report by the UN humanitarian office. About 80 percent of the hardest hit “live on a diet consisting of bread and sugared tea,” the report said.”

“I’m used to this, water is as hard to get for us as gold.”

read more: businessweek

0 Responses to “Drought Threatens Syria Economy as Refugees Flee Parched Farms”


  • No Comments

Leave a Reply

You must login to post a comment.