“Syria is burning”, the regime is defenseless and the fire consumes the coast

Syrian official media reported that dozens of fires broke out in the woods and forests of the Tartous and Latakia governorates in Syria’s Sahel region.

The “Al-Baath” newspaper, which speaks on behalf of the ruling regime, said that the Tartus governorate witnessed more than 60 fires, indicating that they broke out in separate areas of the country.

The newspaper quoted the commander of the fire brigade in Tartous that the governorate witnessed 35 fires on Thursday, the largest of which was in forest areas in the villages of Mashta al-Hilu and Habso in al-Duraikish camp, the fire of Raqmah in the Sheikh Badr area and the al-Tali’i fire east of al-Safsafa village, in addition to Safsafa.

He noted that the rest of the fires broke out in green areas and areas planted with fruit and olive trees in the villages of Deir Habash, Basmaqa, Hafah and Asheqah, and near the Kashfa crossing.

For its part, the official newspaper Al-Thawra said that the Banias area witnessed huge fires that devoured large areas of forests, groves and agricultural land.

The newspaper said official authorities had asked law enforcement officials to “carry out their duties and investigate the cause of the fires at the governorate level and take them to the appropriate court first.” .

The newspaper reported that two people died as a result of the fires that broke out in the towns of Bloran and Dafil in the Lattakia countryside, and several people were treated as suffocating in Lattakia hospitals.

On the other hand, the opposition website “Orient” said that pro-regime activists accused the government of Damascus of negligence and negligence in its response to the begging of people living in neighboring areas.

The “Orient” website said that loyalists denounced Russia’s “silence”, while four years ago, it rushed to respond to a call for help from Israel after large fires broke out in it, after which they launched planes to extinguish fires from the Russian base “Hmeimim” in Syria.

This is the second time Syria has been exposed to major fires in less than a month, prompting many tweeters on Twitter to re-launch the hashtag “Syria on fire”, expressing their shock at what is happening there and their sympathy for the Syrian people, who now face many. The difficulties and tribulations of the recent period.