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The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...
Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of ...
Hundreds of people have been forced to flee as wildfires spread in northeastern Syria, according to civil defense officials. Emergency crews are battling to contain the fast-moving flames which have ...
A Syrian official says firefighters are facing heavy winds, high temperatures and ordnance left behind from the country's ...
BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been ...
Syrian firefighters were evacuating people from their homes in the Latakia countryside on Tuesday as wildfires advanced ...
United Nations teams have deployed to Syria's coast as wildfires rage for a fourth day. Officials say the fires in the ...
For over three months, firefighters have fought more than 4,000 wildfires threatening northern Syria, over 300 igniting since ...
Syrian authorities said wildfires have turned 100 sq km (40 sq miles) of forest "to ash" in Latakia province, as Jordanian ...
Firefighting efforts have been hampered by the presence of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the civil war, as the country grapples with the worst drought in decades.
Fires continue to leave a trail of destruction in western Syria, with authorities saying at least 10,000 hectares of forest ...
A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey ...