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Syria faces a new threat: drought
To add to Syria鈥檚 trials, the UN has warned a drought could lead to a record low wheat harvest and put millions of people at risk of hunger. The World Food Programme (WFP) said rainfall since September has been less than half the long-term average. Farah Nasif is from Deir ezZour, a town in north-east Syria; later you鈥檒l hear from a World Food Programme spokesperson.
(Photo: A boy shepherds camels near Al Karamah Dam in neighbouring Jordan. Credit: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)
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