Labourers in Syria harvest durum wheat - in pictures

Wheat is harvested in a field outside the town of Binnish to produce freekeh - a cereal that is roasted to give it flavour

Labourers in a field outside the Syrian town of Binnish in the rebel-held province of Idlib in northwestern Syria harvest durum wheat. All photos by AFP

An aerial view shows labourers in the Syrian town of Binnish in Idlib province harvesting durum wheat to produce freekeh, a cereal that is roasted to give it flavour.

Labourers roast durum wheat to produce freekeh after harvesting a field, in the Syrian town of Binnish in the rebel-held province of Idlib in northwestern Syria.

Labourers harvesting durum wheat to produce freekeh in the Syrian town of Binnish work agricultural land in Idlib province that has been heavily depleted by years of bombing and shelling.

Harvesting and roasting durum wheat in the Syrian town of Binnish. In April, the UN said unexploded and improvised devices claimed three lives in northeastern Syria.

Harvesting fields of durum wheat in the Syrian town of Binnish in rebel-held Idlib province goes on in the strong spring sunshine.

While the essential work of wheat harvesting goes on at Binnish in northwestern Syria, efforts have been made to educate field workers to beware of the civil war's harvest of unexploded shells and bombs.

Demand for wheat to produce freekeh keeps the economy of the Syrian town of Binnish in northwestern Syria alive.

Agriculture in Syrian towns such as Binnish contributes a quarter of Syria's gross domestic product and provides work for 6.5 million people, the UN says.

After labourers in the Syrian town of Binnish harvest durum wheat, the ground is scorched in preparation for the next crop.

Labourers sort and bag their crop in the Syrian town of Binnish in the rebel-held province of Idlib, northwestern Syria.

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