Wildfire scorches 100sqkm in Syria

1,100 residents displaced due to enivronmental emergency

- Gulf News Report

Syria is grappling with one of its worst environmental disasters in recent memory, as wildfires raging across the coastal province of Latakia have incinerated over 100 square kilometres of forest and farmland, prompting mass evacuations, power outages, and an urgent international response.

What began on June 30 as scattered blazes fuelled by heat, drought and high winds has escalated into a full-scale environmental emergency.