He helped expand agriculture by subsidizing ... Can the incoming rulers save Syria from future drought disasters? Fifty-five percent of Syria is desert that burns with aridity.

Since 2020, an extreme and exceptional agricultural drought has gripped north-east Syria and parts of Iraq. Over the past 70 years the average temperature in the Tigris-Euphrates basin has risen ...

Israeli forces' ongoing encroachment in southern Syria is devastating farmland, destroying vital crops, and crippling local ...