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

Syrian firefighters were evacuating people from their homes in the Latakia countryside on Tuesday as wildfires advanced "dangerously close" to populated areas. The forest fires have been burning since ...

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

United Nations teams have deployed to Syria's coast as wildfires rage for a fourth day. Officials say the fires in the ...

Wildfires swept through parts of the Latakia region of Syria in early July, raged on by dry conditions and strong winds.

For over three months, firefighters have fought more than 4,000 wildfires threatening northern Syria, over 300 igniting since ...

Syrian authorities said wildfires have turned 100 sq km (40 sq miles) of forest "to ash" in Latakia province, as Jordanian ...

Fires continue to leave a trail of destruction in western Syria, with authorities saying at least 10,000 hectares of forest ...

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.

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

Turkiye also sent two firefighting aircraft on Saturday to help neighbouring Syria battle wildfires in its northwest Latakia ...

A new wildfire in Greece prompted evacuations in coastal areas south of Athens, as firefighters in neighboring Turkey ...