Wildfires

Wildfires - Syria

At least 10 people have been killed in Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria since Thursday while trying to extinguish mass wildfires that have recently spread across thousands of acres of farmland, a war monitor reported. Those who perished had been trying to extinguish fires in the countryside of Al-Hasakah Province.

The local Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria has blamed the Islamic State and Turkey for being responsible for the fires that have destroyed thousand of acres of agricultural land in recent weeks. However, there were reports that several gunmen loyal to the regime had been arrested for setting fires in areas east of the Euphrates River.