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Not by accident - one of the first major climate change conflicts - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150302-syria-war-climate-change-drought h
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Not by accident - one of the first major climate change conflicts - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150302-syria-war-climate-change-drought https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150302-sy...
Not the best source but lack of resources (water) due to shifting climate patterns is one of the stronger roots of the civil war.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoHm. No mention of the [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia_Project ? Sloppy... I mean, who could have thought a few large dams lead to drought downstream? That would be extreme! [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrology#/media/File:NASA's_GRACE_Sees_Major_Water_Losses_in_Middle_East.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrology#/media/File:NASA's_G...