SHOTLIST: LATAKIA, SYRIA (JULY 9, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE SHOT OF SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING FORESTS 2. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER ASSISTING EXTINGUISHING EFFORTS 3. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER TAKING WATER FROM RIVER 4. VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING FORESTS 5. VARIOUS OF EFFORTS TO EXTINGUSH BLAZE 6. WIDE SHOT OF SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING FORESTSLATAKIA, SYRIA - JULY 09: A forest fire that began seven days ago in the Bayirbucak region of Syria’s northwestern Latakia province continues to spread, fueled by strong winds. The blaze reportedly remains active around the Qartal and Zahiyyah Mountains and the area known as 45 Hill, and has yet to be brought under control. Firefighting efforts are ongoing, involving civil defense teams, local fire brigades, and aircraft dispatched from Türkiye, Jordan, and Lebanon. The countryside of Latakia has seen intense wildfires due to high temperatures, exacerbated by dense forest cover and strong winds in the region. “Hundreds of thousands of forest trees across an area estimated at about 10,000 hectares in 28 locations have turned to ashes due to these fires,” Minister of Emergency and Disaster Raed Saleh said in a statement on his X account. Saleh said that over 100 teams, including those from Türkiye and Jordan, are currently operating on the field with 160 firefighting vehicles and 12 heavy engineering vehicles to extinguish the fires, in addition to helicopters provided by Jordanian and Turkish teams. Eight civil defense workers were injured during the operations, the minister said. No civilian injuries were reported. The minister described the consequences of the fires as "catastrophic.”