A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows security forces walking on a burnt hill Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Hama Governorate, during fires. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows fires on a hill in Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows a Syrian man attempting to put off a fire on a hill in Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows fires on a hill in Hazzur, in the western countryside of Hama Governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows security forces walking on a burnt hill Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Hama Governorate, during fires. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows security forces walking on a burnt hill Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Hama Governorate, during fires. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows fires on a hill in Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows a Syrian man attempting to put off a fire on a hill in Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows fires on a hill in Hazzur, in the western countryside of Hama Governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows security forces walking on a burnt hill Ain Halaqim, in the western countryside of Hama Governorate, during fires. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows smoke billows from fire in al-Hayluna village, in the western countryside of Syria's Hama governorate. AFP
Bushfires devastate north-west Syria's Latakia and Hama
The fires have reportedly destroyed thousands of hectares of pine, citrus and olive trees, farmland and nature reserves