Syria has executed greater than 20 folks in relation to lethal wildfires within the nation final yr, authorities introduced Thursday.
The 24 people have been put to dying Wednesday after being convicted of terrorism fees in relation to fires final yr that burned each state and personal buildings. One other 11 folks have been sentenced to life in jail with onerous labor after being discovered responsible of beginning fires that burned agricultural lands, the Syrian Ministry of Justice said in an announcement.
Wildfires raged through western Syria final yr, together with on the Mediterranean coast and within the middle of the nation. Dozens of individuals have been injured and hundreds have been displaced.
The ministry talked about 187 fires that occurred between August and October of 2020 in Tartus, Homs, Hama and different elements of the nation. In complete, 370 houses have been broken, and there was greater than $23 million in injury. The ministry didn’t point out how or why the fires have been began, in response to the assertion.
Forest fires plagued Syria once more this summer season. The fires have been a part of a sequence of blazes that affected Lebanon, Turkey, Algeria and Southern Europe on the time.
