Olive Oil - A Tale of Economic Survival in the Middle East

In syria's northwest provinces, a different kind of oil fuels the war time economy. Olive oil from the eperine region has been prized for cooking and is also used to manufacture world famous olive oil soap from aleppo. Some in the west celebrate these products as evidence of an economy persisting amid violence. Others claim that the current trade subjects efnin's olive farmers to militia, racketeering, displacement and exploitation.