The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

LATAKIA, Syria - For several days, Syria’s coastal province of Latakia has been grappling with relentless wildfires. Although ...

The mountainous coastal region in northwest Syria, particularly the northern rural areas of Latakia, is experiencing one of ...

Syrian firefighters are combating severe wildfires exacerbated by heavy winds and leftover war ordnance. Despite ...

Syria's Latakia faces historic wildfires - 100km² burned, 5,000+ displaced. "Nothing left but ash" as flames destroy villages. Civil Defense battles fires amid landmines & drought. EU aid requested as ...

The Jordan Armed Forces–Arab Army (JAF) has said that aircraft from the Royal Jordanian Air Force continued “intensive” firefighting operations on Tuesday in several areas across Syria, where ...

Swathes of forested area and farmland have burnt, some villages evacuated as fires raged, including near the Turkish border.

Syrian authorities said wildfires have turned 100 sq km (40 sq miles) of forest "to ash" in Latakia province, as Jordanian firefighters arrived Sunday to help battle blazes for a fourth day. Crews ...

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.

Multiple countries in the Mediterranean region have been battling intense wildfires this summer, including France, Greece, ...