SHOTLIST:

IDLIB, SYRIA (NOV. 14, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF ORONTES RIVER AND SURROUNDING DROUGHT

2. VARIOUS OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS NEAR THE RIVER / FARMERS WORKING ON FARMS

3. VARIOUS OF DRIED SECTIONS OF THE RIVER

4. FARMER RESHAD SALIH SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic)

5. VARIOUS OF DRY TREES

6. FARMER SAMIH SALIH SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic)

7. FARMER PLACING SOLAR PANELS ON GROUND

8. VARIOUS OF FARM UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS IDLIB, SYRIA - NOV. 14: The Orontes River, which flows through Türkiye and Syria and serves as the primary water source for agricultural lands in Syria’s Idlib, is experiencing an unprecedented drought for the first time in its recorded history.

The river’s near-total depletion in the Jisr al-Shughur district in western Idlib has placed thousands of families at greater risk in a region already struggling with a prolonged humanitarian crisis.

Local farmers say the drying of the river has had a devastating impact on the production of fruits and vegetables, as sharply declining water levels have brought irrigation systems to a halt and severely damaged farmlands.

With their livelihoods under threat, farmers in Idlib have been forced to dig wells and turn to costly alternative irrigation methods in a bid to save their crops amid worsening drought conditions.