Damascus,2. Jan (SANA) Syria’s Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management, Raed al-Saleh, said the country’s civil defence responded to more than 135,000 emergency and humanitarian needs in 2025, covering fires, ambulance services, search and rescue operations and the clearance of war remnants.
Speaking to SANA, the minister said that’’ civil defense teams dealt with more than 11,000 fires during the year, including around 3,000 house fires and 2,500 forest and agricultural ones. Two civil defence members were killed while fighting fires, he added.
“Search and rescue teams saved 350 people and responded to more than 270 rescue reports, while ambulance crews handled over 100,000 emergency cases,” Minister Saleh said.
Teams also removed more than 270 pieces of unexploded ordnance and carried out 1,100 awareness sessions reaching about 25,000 people.
Two volunteers were killed during operations to clear explosive remnants of war, he added.
According to the minister, the civil defence provided more than 18,000 direct services, cleared over 540,000 cubic metres of rubble and reopened hundreds of kilometres of closed roads.
He said the organizations also helped rehabilitate infrastructure by using recycled rubble to resurface roads and participated in dozens of tree-planting campaigns and community volunteer initiatives.
