Syria: Syria's Silent War: How a Devastating Drought Threatens Post-Conflict Recovery

Sep 14, 2025 | Deepika Matange
The Week
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Water scarcity, crop failure, and food insecurity, the three persistent pressures that were once a salient contributing factor to Syria’s social unrest-turned-civil war, are now looming as impediments to the country’s arduous road to recovery. Following its driest winter of 2024-2025, Syria is currently facing  the worst drought in 36 years, characterised by recurring crop failures and an impending food crisis. While a familiar predicament, it poses itself in a new light, compounding the existing hardships of a people already exhausted by the protracted civil war.