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

Syrian Civil Defense units, supported by teams from neighboring countries, remain deployed across the affected areas, to ...

A Syrian official says firefighters are facing heavy winds, high temperatures and ordnance left behind from the country's ...

Syria’s wildfires are the first major natural disaster since the country overthrew the al-Assad regime in December.

Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of ...

QASTAL MAAF, Syria, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Rifaat Ismail's shoes sink into the ash where olive groves once flourished. Around him, the hills of Beit Awan village lie skeletal -- blackened trunks, hollow ...

Firefighters continued to battle wildfires near the coast in Syria’s northwestern Latakia province on Thursday, July 10, ...

BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been ...

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

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

Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of acres (hectares) of forest and overwhelming emergency services.

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...