Syria's "red gold" pistachio production struggles with U.S. sanctions
In the town of Maan in the central Syrian province of Hama, farmers and government officials are striving to restore the town's production of pistachio, an essential item in the Syrian exports list, to its pre-war levels in 2011, since years of control of the area by the rebels during more than a decade of a civil war had caused the death of large numbers of pistachio trees.