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Israel blocks Syrian farmers from olive groves in Quneitra
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The Israeli army is preventing farmers from accessing their olive groves in Quneitra, southern Syria, and arbitrarily detaining young men in the area, Mondoweiss reported. Locals said the disruption will set back the region's agricultural recovery by decades.
The restrictions coincide with similar Israeli actions against Palestinian olive harvests in the occupied West Bank and Lebanese growers, according to the report. Residents described the losses as catastrophic for an economy already strained by Syria's ongoing conflict.
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