![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ON3HEMA2F4Z6X7IEPL5KORTSZ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=eba0d24a1e8ff8fa5d3e146c55c4e95f6ebdda7322d5f0bf5fb4a893d6c9ca08&width=400&height=225)
Farmers in the Kurdish-held region of northern Syria have seen dismal harvests this year, raising fears about food security in the war-torn country.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JJR73DX4D6EB7QB747VVK43QHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=b12fe7db58616b67a98c2d98d5ff4346cd921d1740399da690741bfffbfb8f62&width=400&height=225)
A farmer ploughs a wheat field in the countryside around the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli. As climate change increases the likelihood of fires and drought worldwide, Syria's breadbasket region of Hasakeh has been hard hit by low rainfall. All photos: AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MJPAI4HQ3SGIDW56HVDT2SI23Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=0a5882b0b56ec279829f2b8e5abcc0e24734151633f8b76d84822888280a05e0&width=400&height=225)
Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman, 48, checks on his land near Qamishli. He lost his last wheat crop to a wildfire and had hoped for a better harvest this summer. But this spring there was hardly any rain.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YNSITMNPOQLVQRGGQNOY4HRNCE.jpg?smart=true&auth=af6106ce12f11e691f3fc62f38f416e364018fc72941498dfc9b9f49242ac15d&width=400&height=225)
A Syrian shepherd empties wheat straw waste for her flock near Qamishli. Farmers in the Kurdish-held region have experienced dismal wheat harvests this year.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZK4MUDYQBXUPMVF77CJ34T2NOA.jpg?smart=true&auth=ae817b8671e0a4abaee9082087e308d223ebedd2ec6b8d1536f5efd2e853634a&width=400&height=225)
Farmers in the Kurdish-held region of Hasakeh have seen dismal wheat harvests this year, raising fears about food security in a war-torn country where 60 per cent of people already struggle to buy food.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Y2MMZ4XZQQQF47UKDNR54TIPTY.jpg?smart=true&auth=e3bc6678f48fafdb446cba15bdef7ca31e57db2a672d2590f894a0fb79b71e34&width=400&height=225)
Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman, right, works with a labourer plowing his land near Qamishli. Farmers in the Kurdish-held Hasakeh region have seen dismal wheat harvests this year, raising fears about food security.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/M5KPOWZNSEESKRXR7BN2PXCMLA.jpg?smart=true&auth=acbcc1810b6ef21d4a72cff5b4d30219b68872a804ef289620827126f1f837f2&width=400&height=225)
Grain silos in Syria's north-eastern city of Hasakeh. As climate change increases the likelihood of wild fires and drought, this breadbasket region has been hard hit by low rainfall.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7FBJHCIBZJ3YDONF5XJGIM6A74.jpg?smart=true&auth=530660c70948ad15d5d56caf72d4f37f558674d11aba297199bad12f2ad18ae4&width=400&height=225)
Grain silos running low in Syria's north-eastern city of Hasakeh.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/EZCWGFKM2KLM32HHDA2N3ZH2JU.jpg?smart=true&auth=aafd3a7901d43f69f18b34ea8beeaf8455f238c6dc785e21e84280c266284805&width=400&height=225)
As climate change increases the likelihood of fires and drought worldwide, Syria's breadbasket region of Hasakeh has been hard hit by low rainfall.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/M32KLWMRZPSEEV3TQ6BVLD4FCY.jpg?smart=true&auth=6a040b1469785eb494fdbeb878aaa2f6cd70883136ad4cac8e5805183b744438&width=400&height=225)
Michael Robson, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's representative in Damascus.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ON3HEMA2F4Z6X7IEPL5KORTSZ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=eba0d24a1e8ff8fa5d3e146c55c4e95f6ebdda7322d5f0bf5fb4a893d6c9ca08&width=400&height=225)
Farmers in the Kurdish-held region of northern Syria have seen dismal harvests this year, raising fears about food security in the war-torn country.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JJR73DX4D6EB7QB747VVK43QHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=b12fe7db58616b67a98c2d98d5ff4346cd921d1740399da690741bfffbfb8f62&width=400&height=225)
A farmer ploughs a wheat field in the countryside around the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli. As climate change increases the likelihood of fires and drought worldwide, Syria's breadbasket region of Hasakeh has been hard hit by low rainfall. All photos: AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MJPAI4HQ3SGIDW56HVDT2SI23Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=0a5882b0b56ec279829f2b8e5abcc0e24734151633f8b76d84822888280a05e0&width=400&height=225)
Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman, 48, checks on his land near Qamishli. He lost his last wheat crop to a wildfire and had hoped for a better harvest this summer. But this spring there was hardly any rain.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YNSITMNPOQLVQRGGQNOY4HRNCE.jpg?smart=true&auth=af6106ce12f11e691f3fc62f38f416e364018fc72941498dfc9b9f49242ac15d&width=400&height=225)
A Syrian shepherd empties wheat straw waste for her flock near Qamishli. Farmers in the Kurdish-held region have experienced dismal wheat harvests this year.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZK4MUDYQBXUPMVF77CJ34T2NOA.jpg?smart=true&auth=ae817b8671e0a4abaee9082087e308d223ebedd2ec6b8d1536f5efd2e853634a&width=400&height=225)
Farmers in the Kurdish-held region of Hasakeh have seen dismal wheat harvests this year, raising fears about food security in a war-torn country where 60 per cent of people already struggle to buy food.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Y2MMZ4XZQQQF47UKDNR54TIPTY.jpg?smart=true&auth=e3bc6678f48fafdb446cba15bdef7ca31e57db2a672d2590f894a0fb79b71e34&width=400&height=225)
Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman, right, works with a labourer plowing his land near Qamishli. Farmers in the Kurdish-held Hasakeh region have seen dismal wheat harvests this year, raising fears about food security.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/M5KPOWZNSEESKRXR7BN2PXCMLA.jpg?smart=true&auth=acbcc1810b6ef21d4a72cff5b4d30219b68872a804ef289620827126f1f837f2&width=400&height=225)
Grain silos in Syria's north-eastern city of Hasakeh. As climate change increases the likelihood of wild fires and drought, this breadbasket region has been hard hit by low rainfall.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7FBJHCIBZJ3YDONF5XJGIM6A74.jpg?smart=true&auth=530660c70948ad15d5d56caf72d4f37f558674d11aba297199bad12f2ad18ae4&width=400&height=225)
Grain silos running low in Syria's north-eastern city of Hasakeh.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/EZCWGFKM2KLM32HHDA2N3ZH2JU.jpg?smart=true&auth=aafd3a7901d43f69f18b34ea8beeaf8455f238c6dc785e21e84280c266284805&width=400&height=225)
As climate change increases the likelihood of fires and drought worldwide, Syria's breadbasket region of Hasakeh has been hard hit by low rainfall.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/M32KLWMRZPSEEV3TQ6BVLD4FCY.jpg?smart=true&auth=6a040b1469785eb494fdbeb878aaa2f6cd70883136ad4cac8e5805183b744438&width=400&height=225)
Michael Robson, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's representative in Damascus.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ON3HEMA2F4Z6X7IEPL5KORTSZ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=eba0d24a1e8ff8fa5d3e146c55c4e95f6ebdda7322d5f0bf5fb4a893d6c9ca08&width=400&height=225)
Farmers in the Kurdish-held region of northern Syria have seen dismal harvests this year, raising fears about food security in the war-torn country.