Footage of four-day forest fire said to have spread from Syria to Turkey http://bit.ly/L02sBc
3.11pm: Syria/Turkey: Activists from the countryside north of Latakia first posted footage of forest fires three days ago. They claim the fires were started by the security forces. A day later more footage showed an extensive mountainous area covered in smouldering fires.
Yesterday further video show billowing smoke close to a Kurdish village.
2.58pm: Syria/Turkey: Turkish firefighters are battling several blazes along the border, according to an update from AP.
Mehmet Harbi, a forestry official, claimed the fires were "deliberately started" at four different points on the Syrian side of the border and spread to Turkey due to strong winds.Turkey's state-run TRT television said Syrian forces are believed to have started the fires to deny shelter to rebels along the border area. Harbi and TRT provided no evidence to substantiate their claims.A Turkish helicopter also was fighting Wednesday's blazes, and an Associated Press reporter in the border town of Yayladagi said loudspeakers were used to call all males between the ages of 15 and 55 to help fight the fires.
2.41pm: Syria/Turkey: Activists near Latakia, where the forest fire reported to have stared, have uploaded footage of attempts to put out the blazebefore it spread to Turkey.
The activists claim the fire has continue for four days.
