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

LATAKIA, Syria -- United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires ...

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

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey sent two firefighting aircraft Saturday to help battle wildfires in neighboring Syria as Turkish ...

Syrian Civil Defense teams continued efforts on Saturday to contain wildfires that are sweeping through the Turkmen Mountains ...

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

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

Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had "turned to ash" in wildfires as ...

By bna Cairo Bureau Firefighting teams from Syria, Turkey and Jordan have battled wildfires in northern Latakia's countryside for five consecutive days, SANA reported on July 7. Syria's minister of ...

A battle to contain wildfires that have destroyed thousands of hectares of forest, in northwestern Syria. Will Shubman Gill ...

Fires that have hit Turkey, Greece and Syria over the past week have been fueled by soaring temperatures, strong winds, and low humidity. In Turkey, they led to the evacuation of tens of thousands ...

Abdulkafi Kayal, spokesperson for the Syrian Civil Defense in Latakia, said that the fire has extended some 12.4 miles, blocking access roads and making movement difficult for emergency crews.