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.

Following the horrific massacres on the coast last March and the outbreak of violent confrontations in Suweida, one must ask: ...

United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires for a fourth day.

Syria's coastal forests have been engulfed in blazes, swallowing villages in smoke and turning once-vibrant hillsides into blackened wastelands. Now, at last, the fires have been brought under control ...

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.

Syria announced a cease-fire on Saturday after deadly sectarian clashes in Sweida, near the Israeli border, and Israeli ...

Violence between government forces and armed factions of a religious minority in southern Syria has deepened divisions in a country still recuperating from a civil war.

A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

BEIRUT — The head of a U.N. investigative commission on Friday called commitments made by the new authorities in Syria to protect the rights of minorities “encouraging” but said attacks have ...

LATAKIA – United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires for a fourth day. U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria Adam ...

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires for a fourth day.