Wheat trucks head to Hasakah after Syria’s Raqqa, Kobani silos become full
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – Hundreds of trucks loaded with wheat headed on Sunday to silos in the city of Hasakah, northeast Syria, coming from cities and towns in Kobani and Raqqa, where wheat silos have become almost full due to good season this year.
Following years of drought and lack of rainfall, areas in northeast Syria, held by Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), this year, witnessed good rainfalls, promising with good harvest and benefits for the farmers and the region.
Muhammad Ibrahim, a truck driver from Kobani countryside, told North Press, “We have three silos in Kobani region which are almost full, as those in Raqqa are also almost full.”
He added that as a result many trucks averted to centers in Hasakah in order to deliver the farmers’ wheat. There are hundreds other trucks that are heading and will head to Hasakah centers the AANES has set for receiving wheat.
Regarding the costs of transforming the wheat, the driver noted that fees of transforming wheat from Kobani to Raqqa used to be $200, and now $600 is added to the amount for transporting crops to Hasakah. He added that $25 also is added to the $800 for each extra day wait.
Ibrahim called on the AANES to accelerate the process of receiving the wheat in order for the farmers not to incur additional costs and losses.
The AANES set the price of each ton of wheat at $430.
The administration began the process of receiving wheat in mid-May, in Hasakah it began late in May and officials expected the quantities of received wheat would increase in light of the good season.
The AANES was first formed in 2014 in the Kurdish-majority regions of Afrin, Kobani and Jazira in northern Syria following the withdrawal of the government forces. Later, it was expanded to Manbij, Tabqa, Raqqa, Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor after the SDF defeated ISIS militarily there.