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LATAKIA, Syria — Some of Syria’s worst wildfires in years have been brought under control as of Sunday, according to the ...
Syrian Civil Defense units, supported by teams from neighboring countries, remain deployed across the affected areas, to ...
The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...
Authorities say more than 15,000 hectares of forest were burned as scorching summer heat and left-over munitions fanned the ...
In the Turkmen mountains in northwestern Syria, humanitarian workers who have become the new Syrian Civil Defense are ...
BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been ...
Syria’s wildfires are the first major natural disaster since the country overthrew the al-Assad regime in December.
United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires for a fourth day. Firefighting teams from Turkey and Jordan have joined Syrian civil defense ...
Syrian authorities said wildfires have turned 100 sq km (40 sq miles) of forest "to ash" in Latakia province, as Jordanian ...
Wildfires in northwestern Syria, which have burned vast tracts of forest and farmland and forced evacuations, have been brought under control after 10 days.
Fires continue to leave a trail of destruction in western Syria, with authorities saying at least 10,000 hectares of forest ...