Syrians produce the famous Qamar Al Din apricot drink - in pictures
A Syrian from the eastern Ghouta region shows a strip of dried apricot paste, which is dissolved to make Qamar Al Din, a drink his region is famous for, in Binnish in Syria's rebel-held north-western province of Idlib.
Syrians from Ghouta collect strips of dried apricot paste in Binnish.
A man pours thickened apricot juice into a mould to make dried strips for the production of Qamar Al Din.
The dried paste is exported for most of the year, except during Ramadan, when Qamar Al Din is a staple on iftar tables.
Production of the paste has moved to Idlib after its makers were displaced in the Syrian civil war.
A Syrian from eastern Ghouta makes Qamar Al Din paste in Idlib.
A Syrian shopkeeper shows a pack of dried apricot paste which can be dissolved to make Qamar Al Din, in Binnish in Idlib.
Apricot juice is turned into a thick paste used to make dried strips, which can be dissolved to make Qamar Al Din.
The Syrian civil war displaced most of the makers of Qamar Al Din, who now live in Idlib.
An aerial view of young Syrians from Ghouta preparing strips of dried apricot paste, used to make the drink Qamar Al Din, in Binnish, Idlib.
