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Turkey buys grain from Syrian farmers

Al-Rai's local council in Aleppo’s countryside announced its decision to buy crops from local farmers to help them market their products.
A driver unloads wheat grains from a truck at a mill in Qamishli, Syria June 3, 2019. Picture taken June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC11132FBEF0

ALEPPO — In a statement released June 13, the local council in the town of al-Rai — which is in the Operation Euphrates Shield area in Aleppo’s countryside — announced the Turkish government’s readiness to buy grain from farmers. The Turkish office for agricultural crops, affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, will be buying the grain from the farmers in Aleppo through the local council’s agricultural office, its director Mohammad Fawzi Rashid explained to Al-Monitor.

The local council’s agricultural office will receive the grain and store it in silos in al-Rai. There are no current plans to move the grain inside Turkish territory, according to council officials.

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