• Sacks of harvested cotton are sorted after arriving at a cotton gin under the control of the Syrian Kurdish administration in the countryside of Raqa in northern Syria on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
    Sacks of harvested cotton are sorted after arriving at a cotton gin under the control of the Syrian Kurdish administration in the countryside of Raqa in northern Syria on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
  • Cotton being sorted in Raqa.
    Cotton being sorted in Raqa.
  • A boy fills a sack with cotton in a field near Raqa to be transported to warehouses under control of the Syrian Kurdish administration.
    A boy fills a sack with cotton in a field near Raqa to be transported to warehouses under control of the Syrian Kurdish administration.
  • Sacks of cotton in northern Syria awaiting transport to warehouses.
    Sacks of cotton in northern Syria awaiting transport to warehouses.
  • A girl helps out with the cotton harvest.
    A girl helps out with the cotton harvest.
  • Cotton buds in a field in northern Syria.
    Cotton buds in a field in northern Syria.
  • A boy holds up a handful of harvested cotton.
    A boy holds up a handful of harvested cotton.
  • Women harvesting cotton in a field near Raqa.
    Women harvesting cotton in a field near Raqa.
  • Women harvesting cotton in northern Syria.
    Women harvesting cotton in northern Syria.
  • Women carry the harvested cotton to where it will be collected for delivery to Kurdish administration warehouses.
    Women carry the harvested cotton to where it will be collected for delivery to Kurdish administration warehouses.
  • A boy with cotton harvested in the Raqa countryside.
    A boy with cotton harvested in the Raqa countryside.

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Cotton harvest in the countryside of Raqa in northern Syria - in pictures

Production of the crop is under the control of the Kurdish administration

The National

September 21, 2022

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Updated: September 21, 2022, 9:43 AM
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