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 ...

Despite hours of relentless effort, firefighters have not been able to contain the flames consuming the once-lush valley of Qastal Maaf, a village in Syria’s Latakia province. “It's out of control,” ...

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

ALBAWABA - Syria's Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management, Raed al-Saleh, announced that civil defense and ...

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 ...

DAMASCUS, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A massive explosion caused by unexploded ordnance rocked Syria's wildfire-stricken Latakia countryside on Friday, where fire crews have been battling the blazes for the ...

Syrian Civil Defense teams and volunteers battle wildfire flames for the tenth consecutive day near the town of Kasab, in ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Syrian firefighting crews extinguished two major forest fires in Hama countryside whilst continuing to battle devastating wildfires in Latakia province for the ninth consecutive day ...

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

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

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.