Charles: Climate change a cause of Syria's civil war

Britain's Prince Charles has said that climate change may have been one of the causes of the current bloody civil war in Syria.

Charles: Climate change a cause of Syria's civil war

Britain's Prince Charles has said that climate change may have been one of the causes of the current bloody civil war in Syria.

Charles has long been a passionate campaigner on environmental issues and linked the conflict which has left hundreds of thousands dead, created millions of refugees and seen the rise of Islamic State (IS), with drought in the Middle Eastern nation.

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