6/7/2025–|Last update: 15:22 (Mecca time)
The scenes of horrific fires were topped in forests Latakia countryside forSyria Social media platforms during the past two days, where the fire has devoured vast areas and the flames rose unprecedentedly, in light of the continued attempts of the Syrian civil defense teams and the white hats to control them, and the wind speed and strength contributed to the breadth of the fires and the difficulty of containing them.
Explosions of unexploded war waste and ammunition that increases the difficult reality faced by the firefighters during the extinguishing of the huge forest fires in the countryside of Latakia for the third day in a row. #Civilian defense #Syria #Latakia #Fires pic.twitter.com/a2tnfEqU8i
– Syrian Civil Defense (@Syriacivildef) July 5, 2025
Distress calls
In the face of the escalation of the crisis, Syria officially requested assistance from Türkiye and Jordan.
The Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management, Raed Al -Saleh, stated through his account on the “X” platform that he had made a phone call with the Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forests Ibrahim Yaqli, and it was agreed to enhance field coordination on Sunday morning by increasing the number of firefighting teams and participating Turkish aircraft, while ensuring the readiness of Turkish teams inside the country, in support of the efforts to put out this large -scale fire.
Yesterday, Saturday, July 5, I made a phone call to the Minister of Agriculture and Forests in the Turkish Republic, Ibrahim Yaqli @ibrahimyumakli During which we discussed the developments of forest fires extending in the border areas, and we agreed to enhance field coordination starting from Sunday morning, July 6, by increasing the number of firefighting teams …
– Raed Al Saleh (Raed Al -Saleh) (@raidesaleh3) July 5, 2025
For his part, the head of the white hats, Munir Mustafa, published a blog in which the participation of the Jordanian emergency teams, describing the support as “a noble and expensive position on the hearts of all Syrians, and reflects the values of solidarity and brotherhood between the two peoples.”
Noble and expensive participation in our hearts from the brothers in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan who expressed their willingness and reached today to support the firefighting teams in the Syrian Civil Defense and the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management in the operations of extinguishing the forest fires in the countryside of Latakia, these positions mean a lot to Syria and the Syrians … pic.twitter.com/EUoFdSkcF9
– Monir Mustafa (@monirmustafa3) July 6, 2025
Shadow heroes
The Syrians interacted remarkably with the efforts of the rescue teams, noting their heroic role in facing danger amid extremely cruel conditions, and one of the bloggers wrote, “In crises, the real hero who does not work for lights or applause appears.”
Can you distinguish between these two heroes?
The first picture of a 2021 firefighter and the second for a firefighter today
They are invalid facing the fire that everyone who separates them.
Quoted from the Naji Darwish page
Thanks to everyone who works silently for this country .. #Fires #Latakia #Qastal #Civilian defense #White helmets pic.twitter.com/BglxyMZHXH– Aurora .. (@lifemedy94) July 5, 2025
Another wrote, “The firefighters continue their struggle despite the night to save the forests and villages, and the hand of God with the group, so do not let the forests of the coast.”
Firefighters continue their struggle to put out the fires of Latakia countryside and save forests and villages despite the night
We ask all the brothers to help them and provide them with mechanisms and tanks for their smile, the hand of God with the group, so do not let the forests of the coast #Fires in Syria#Coast#The Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management pic.twitter.com/eAGcS9i1AN– Musa Al -Asaad (@mosaaaalasaad) July 6, 2025
Questions and suspicions
Parallel to the escalation of flames, questions on the platforms escalated whether these fires were normal or intentional.
Activists attributed the outbreaks of fires in several simultaneous locations in Lattakia countryside (Damarjo, Ammonia, Svobin) to “fabricated reasons”, citing a large fire that is still burning near a military barrack.
Witnesses spoke about “the speed of the spread of fire and the difficulty of controlling it,” amid accusations that they are intended to target forest areas and property or to pay attention to other issues, and perhaps with the aim of causing confusion and depletion of resources.
(Mine transplantation around fires)
Concurrent fires in different regions of Latakia countryside included, Damzo, Al -Ammonia and Safobin, in addition to a wide fire that is still burning near the military barracks between the Sakoubin and Sinjuan areas
Eyewitnesses talked about the rapid spread of fire and the difficulty of controlling it, amid increasing popular questions about …— Dr. Taleb (@TAldughim) July 6, 2025
The bloggers also put forward the hypothesis of coal merchants behind some fires to exploit forest wood, while others referred to reports of “explosive mines by the remnants of the regime”, in light of the frequent fires in close timing.
On the other hand, the Syrian Civil Defense called on residents to cooperate and report any person suspected of deliberately set fires.
A number of activists called for “the arrest of all festive activities temporarily in public squares until the civil defense men finished performing their duty and extinguishing the fires that threaten villages and towns in the countryside of Latakia.”
I wish that if all the aspects of the celebrations of public arenas stop until the civil defense men finish extinguishing the fires that approach the villages and towns in the countryside of Lattakia.#Civil defense#Al -Latqiyya fires
– Ghassan Yassin, Ghassan Yassin (@Ghassanyasin) July 6, 2025