Fishing in the desert is not a fantasy… amateurs catch it from the depths of the desert in the eastern pen

Damascus countryside - Sana

To throw the hook deep into the desert and produce fresh fish, a unique phenomenon that you will find only in the arid desert of eastern Qalamoun, which produces only reptiles and desert plants.

Agricultural engineer Hussein Bakr explained to SANA reporter that the excavation of the solid waste treatment project located near the life-free Giraud saline due to its extreme salinity turned thanks to heavy rainfall last season into water ponds producing fish comparable to the lakes and rivers in a natural miracle became a reality as you see fishing enthusiasts who are They fish with different types of fish.

Bakr pointed out that some people brought eggs and fish chicks and put them in the pond to turn over time to a picnic station for parents and fishing enthusiasts, noting that Salted and beside the sandy "unfortunate", "pyramidal sand dunes" is a rare natural landmark in Syria and a rest stop for migratory birds, especially stork or "geranium" as the people of the region, which is now required to rest around this pond.

Ahmed Dahdouh, a fishing enthusiast, said: “I made a hook from local tools and came specially to catch fresh fish to the point where they live alive.” He pointed out that fishing in this arid region is a fantasy because of its dry desert climate is very hot in summer and freezing cold in winter.

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