syria, politics and water

if the land can't produce food, people aren't going to put up with it for long.

“...the “Jafaf,” or drought, [is] one of the key drivers of the Syrian war. In an age of climate change, we’re likely to see many more such conflicts.

“The drought did not cause Syria’s civil war,” said the Syrian economist Samir Aita, but, he added, the failure of the government to respond to the drought played a huge role in fueling the uprising.”