A symbol of Syria's cultural and botanical heritage, the Damask rose has bloomed for centuries in this rugged landscape. Once the village's economic backbone and a source of global pride, the delicate ...

Nguyen Van Ngoc, a 70-year-old farmer who has grown lychees since 1999 on his 0.56-hectare hillside plot with help from his son and daughter-in-law, sells his entire harvest to Chinese traders who ...