Afrin… The fire engulfs the Rajo Mountains

Afrin… The fire engulfs the Rajo Mountains

Jul 10 2020

ARK News: Fires broke out a few days ago in the mountains of Rajo township in the Kurdish region of Afrin, and the fires continued for long hours before they were able to extinguish them.

Local sources from Rajo told ARK News: The fires devoured large areas of mountain of Sheikh Bilal village of Rajo township, and lasted for several hours.

The sources added: The fire burned tens of thousands of meters on the mountain of the mountain of Sheikh Bilal village, and burned thousands of forest trees in the mentioned mountain.

For its part, the General Directorate of Civil Defense said on its official page: "A fire broke out in the mountainous forested area in the village of Sheikh Bilal in the countryside of Rajo township, where it took 9 continuous hours to surround a fire that spanned over 5 hectares of forest trees.

The Human Rights Organization in Afrin said in its new report: The armed elements affiliated with the Hamzat and Faylaq Al Sham factions controlling the villages of the Sherawa area of the city center of Afrin on 07/05/2020 set fire to the bushes surrounding the village of Burj Al-Qas, which destroyed hundreds of trees and Agricultural crops, under the pretext that the people of the region infiltrated through it..
The organization stressed: The main goal is to impoverish the people and hit the basic necessities of living.

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