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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 ...
A Syrian official says firefighters are facing heavy winds, high temperatures and ordnance left behind from the country's ...
United Nations teams have deployed to Syria's coast as wildfires rage for a fourth day. Officials say the fires in the ...
Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of ...
BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been ...
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 ...
For over three months, firefighters have fought more than 4,000 wildfires threatening northern Syria, over 300 igniting since ...
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 ...
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.
A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey remained locked in a battle to contain flames tearing through forested hillsides.
Emergency responders with the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, work to extinguish a wildfire near the town of Rabia, in Syria’s Latakia countryside, early Monday, July 7, 2025.