Spotlight: Syria's 2018 production of olive impacted by bugs, weather, violations of farmlands

Syrian farmers collect olives off an olive tree in a grove in the countryside of Sweida province, Syria. Nov. 13, 2018. The production of olive and olive oil in Syria was affected in 2018 compared with previous years, due to bugs in olive groves, high temperature and violation to the farmlands. In previous years, the average production of olive was estimated at around 1 million tons, while in 2018 the production plunged to around 700,000 tons. (Xinhua/Hummam Sheikh Ali)