Syria says wildfires in northwest Latakia province contained after 10 days | Climate Crisis News

The fires were contained with help from Turkish, Jordanian, Lebanese, Qatari and Iraqi firefighting teams.

Wildfires in northwestern Syria, which have burned vast tracts of forest and farmland and forced evacuations, have been brought under control after 10 days.

In a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday, the civil defence agency said, “with the spread of the fires halted and the fire hotspots brought under control on all fronts”, teams on the ground are working to cool down the…