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Mass Evacuations as Wildfires Rage Across Syria's Latakia Province
- On Saturday, July 5, a fire erupted at Damascus’s Presidential Palace amid widespread Syrian wildfires, driven by drought and strong winds.
- Driven by climate change and drought, wildfires are worsened by strong winds and complicated by landmines and unexploded ordnance from past conflicts.
- Syrian Civil Defense deployed 312 firefighting vehicles across 116 stations to combat wildfires spanning over 20 kilometers, with 16,200 interventions conducted in efforts to control the blazes.
- Following the palace fire, 920 homes were evacuated, roads closed, and Turkey dispatched two firefighting aircraft to aid Syria's efforts.
- Syrian officials held a joint field meeting with Turkey at Yaylada to coordinate firefighting efforts and exchange data, aiming for progress in containment in the coming hours.
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Syrian Emergency Minister: Efforts Continue to Control Fires in Latakia Countryside
Latakia, SANA-Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh said that efforts are ongoing to control the fires that have spread across large areas in the northern Latakia countryside. During an inspection tour accompanied by Latakia Governor Mohammad Othman, Minister al-Saleh said in
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TVNThe coastal province of Latakia in Syria was hit by major forest fires, which forced some of the population to evacuate, authorities said on Friday.
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