A combine harvester harvests a wheat field in the hula valley near northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shemona on May 22, 2022. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
CAIRO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- From Egypt to Israel, countries in the Middle East have ushered in the wheat harvest season from mid-May.
This year's bumper harvest is particularly gratifying, since the Middle East region, which heavily relies on wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine, has been living under the clouds of a potential food crisis.
Farmers unshell harvested wheat in a field in Banha of Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, on May 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
A farmer unshells harvested wheat in a field in Banha of Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, on May 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Palestinian farmers harvest wheat in a field in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on May 10, 2022. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)■
