Royal Jordanian Air Force Black Hawk helicopters returned home on Wednesday after completing a 10-day mission assisting in wildfire suppression efforts across multiple areas in Syria.The mission, launched under Royal directives,

Commander of the Qatari International Search and Rescue Group (QISRG) Major Khalid al-Humaidi affirmed that the participation of the QISRG in extinguishing the forest fires

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Some of Syria’s worst wildfires in years have been brought under control as of Sunday, according to the Civil Defense and the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management, following days of grueling firefighting in the forested countryside of the coastal Latakia province.

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

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.

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday to provide firefighting equipment and tools to combat wildfires in the town of Kassab in Syria’s Latakia governorate.

Fire disaster leaves behind years of recovery challenges amid climate crisis, war remnants, minister says, with over 16,000 hectares burned and around 1,200 families affected

As wildfires tear through Syria’s coastal forests, local volunteers are risking their lives alongside emergency crews to protect the land they call home