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Drought's Role in the Syrian Revolution

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Behold, a Tom Friedman post on Syria that makes a ton of sense. Syria's drought is being woefully undercovered, especially when it comes to its part in sparking the revolution.

[B]etween 2006 and 2011, some 60 percent of Syria’s land mass was ravaged by the drought and, with the water table...

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