BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been engulfing the country’s northwestern coastal region for the sixth ...

Some of Syria’s worst wildfires in years have been brought under control as of Sunday, according to the Civil Defense and the ...

LATAKIA, Syria — At first glance, Latakia looks to be one of the better places in Syria. Nestled on the Syrian coast, it was spared the worst horrors of the country’s 14-year civil war.

Tucked safely away from the six-year-long Syrian war, Latakia is a seaside province that has escaped the fighting largely unscathed. Assad’s ancestral hometown, Qardahah, is a short drive away.

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 ...

LATAKIA, Syria --There are few places left in Syria where a "good shot" has nothing to do with guns, but instead, a score on a volleyball court. Latakia, on the Mediterranean Sea, ...

Reinforcement Syrian security forces deploy in the outskirts of Latakia, Syria, Friday, March 7, 2025. Credit: AP/Omar Albam Another 60 people were killed in the town of Baniyas, including women ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli missiles fired from the Mediterranean struck the Syrian port of Latakia early Tuesday, igniting a fire in the container terminal, Syrian state media reported, in the ...

Item 1 of 6 Smoke rises from a fire in a container storage area, after Syrian state media reported an Israeli air strike on the Syrian port of Latakia, Syria, in this handout picture released by ...

An Israeli strike on Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Latakia has injured at least two civilians and resulted in fires breaking out, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.. The attack took ...

Russian army armoured vehicles drive near the Hmeimim Air Base, a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located southeast of the city of Latakia in the town of Hmeimim, Syria, Monday Dec ...