ANKARA

The Syrian Civil Defense, famously known as the White Helmets, said Wednesday that its firefighters had extinguished 20 forest fires in Latakia and Tartus provinces in northern Syria.

The organization said the flames were put out on the Deir Hanna road in the Qardaha countryside of Latakia province that lasted for nearly seven hours.

The firefighting teams also managed to extinguish all forest fires that erupted in the countryside of Latakia and Tartus, it added.

The cause of these fires was not yet clear.