Iran comes to Syria’s aid to help put out massive fires

According to a report from Al-Ikhbaria TV on Wednesday, Iranian firefighter planes were seen helping Syrian civil defense units put out the fires in several areas of western

Syria was lacking the necessary aircraft to put out these fires before Russia and Iran came to the aid of the Arab Republic; this has helped the war-torn country get several fires under control.

The wide-spread forest fires are believed to be the cause of the ten degree average increase in the temperature in the country. This, coupled with the absence of rain for several weeks, has played a major role in the spread of these forest fires.