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Syrian beekeeper Ibrahim Damiriya struggles to produce honey from his hives on parched land near the capital Damascus after years of war, economic collapse and worsening climate change impacts.Damiriya can barely afford to tend to his hives, donated by the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) to help Syrian beekeepers.
Syrian beekeeper Ibrahim Damiriya struggles to produce honey from his hives on parched land near the capital Damascus after years of war, economic collapse and worsening climate change impacts. "The war bled us dry. We could barely keep our beekeeping business afloat, and then the insane weather made things worse," the 62-year-old in a beekeeping suit told AFP as he examined meagre honey stocks inside the hives. Before Syria's conflict erupted in 2011, Damiriya owned 110 hives in Rankus, a village near Damascus that was once filled with apple orchards.
Riyadh: The Honey and Agricultural Products Festival in the Tabuk region in the north of the Kingdom puts the focus firmly on the role of beekeepers. There are more than 24 of them at the festival, showcasing various types of honey from the region, from sidr, talh and samer to citrus and eucalyptus. Honeys of the Tabuk region abound, and beekeeper Hasan Al-Qarni, owner of