Excerpts: Syria blames Turkey for thefts. Syria expropriates land on Jordan
border.Steep drop in Syrian agriculture 15 January 2013
+++SOURCE:The Syria Report 14 Jan.’13:”Syria Blames Turkey for Looting of
Factories”

SUBJECT: Syria blames Turkey for thefts

TEXT:The Syrian government is accusing Turkey of being complicit in the
looting and transfer of equipment to its territory of some 1,000 factories
in Aleppo

+++SOURCE:The Syria Report 14 Jan.’13:”Government Expropriates Lands on the
Jordanian Border - Report”

SUBJECT: Syria expropriates land on Jordan border

TEXT:The expansion of the conflict in Syria to the governorate of Suweida in
the south has pushed the government to expropriate all the lands located on
the border between the Suweida governorate and the Jordanian border at a
depth of 30 metres.

+++SOURCE: The Syria Report 14 Jan.’13:”Sales of Fertilizers Dive,
Potentially Indicating a Steep Contraction in Agricultural Output”

SUBJECT: Steep drop in Syrian agriculture

TEXT:Syria’s production and sales of fertilizers fell by more than half last
year, a decline that potentially indicates a sharp decline in agricultural
production.

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Sue Lerner - Associate, IMRA