IRBIL, Iraq — It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. Now, even in areas where conflict has subsided, fires have been raging in farmers’ fields, depriving them of valuable crops. Hundreds of acres of wheat fields around Kirkuk in northern Iraq were set on fire. Several wheat fields in the Daquq district in southern Kirkuk burned for three days straight last week. In eastern Syria’s Raqqa province, farmers battled raging fires with pieces of cloth, sacks and water trucks.

Source: National Post May 30, 2019 06:22 UTC