Looking back, it is also clear that a decade-long drought in neighboring Syria helped to trigger the unrest that escalated into a catastrophic civil war, with at least 200,000 Syrians dead and no end to the violence in sight. The drought had displaced an estimated 1.5 million people and caused food prices to soar, leading to a spiral of protest, crackdown, and eventually war.
回顾历史，相邻的叙利亚也经历了长达十年的干旱期，而这也是引发动乱进而升级为灾难性内战的一个原因，至少200,000叙利亚人在这场仍看不见尽头的内战中丧生。干旱导致大约150万人流离失所，令粮食价格飙涨，从而引起示威、镇压最终爆发战争的循环。尽管干旱不是持久暴力的唯一原因，但肯定是因素之一。