Syria’s worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink

DAMASCUS – The wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and heavy with grain.Instead, Maher Haddad’s 40 dunums (10 acres) are dry and empty, barely yielding aDAMASCUS – The wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and heavy with grain.Instead, Maher Haddad’s 40 dunums (10 acres) are dry and empty, barely yielding a