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Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world

Car drivers wait to get fuel at a gas station in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A shopkeeper waits for customers in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March. 22, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) People shop at a supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Workers load bags of flour into a truck at the Big Mills factory in the southern town of Sebline, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A vendor makes a mobile call as she waits for clients to sell Egyptian traditional "Baladi" flatbread in Old Cairo district, Egypt, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Experts say they are worried that food security concerns in the Middle East resulting from the war in Ukraine may fuel growing social unrest in countries already on the verge of meltdown. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Bakery workers package freshly-produced bread coming off a production line at an automated bakery in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A shopkeeper measures merchandise in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March. 22, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) A Palestinian bakery worker makes breads in Gaza City, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) Palestinian workers load sacks of flour on horse cart that refugees received it from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA), warehouse in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) A shopkeeper waits for customers in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March. 22, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) A worker counts money at a gas station in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern countries to the brink. Economically devastated by years of grinding civil wars, endemic corruption and the pandemic, residents are now gripped by a new worry. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A vendor balances a tray of Egyptian traditional "Baladi" flatbread as he cycles in Old Cairo district, Egypt, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Experts say they are worried that food security concerns in the Middle East resulting from the war in Ukraine may fuel growing social unrest in countries already on the verge of meltdown. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)