Cross-border crews battle Latakia wildfires hindered by ordnance, winds, and drought.

Since last week, Latakia province has endured its worst wildfires in years, forcing over 1,120 residents to flee as more than 10,000 hectares of forest and farmland burned. Reinforcements from Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon joined 120 Syrian teams, but initial containment fell through when unexploded shells from Syria’s civil war detonated under strong coastal winds and daytime temperatures above 40 °C. UN assessment teams call for urgent humanitarian and reforestation support.

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