On Monday, August 4, the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform announced that more than 14,000 hectares of land were damaged by wildfires that broke out in rural Latakia last month. According to statistics published by the Ministry on Facebook, forests and woodlands accounted for the largest share of damage, totaling 11,675 hectares—representing 82.55% of the total burned area. Agricultural land came in second, with 2,152 hectares affected (15.21%), followed by urban land, which suffered damage to 193.78 hectares (1.37%). The Ministry added that 53 hectares of water bodies were also affected (0.37%), in addition to 67.94 hectares of mixed-use areas (0.48%), and 1.93 hectares of barren, abandoned, or converted lands (0.01%). Plan to Reforest 1,000 Hectares Majd Suleiman, Director of the Forestry Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, said the proposed artificial reforestation plan for the upcoming 2025–2026 season aims to cover 1,000 hectares. The proposed plan for forest seedling production targets 1.4 million seedlings.