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

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

LATAKIA, Syria -- United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires ...

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.

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.

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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara arrives to attend the opening session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris on Oct. 5, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN/Reuters ...

“Ivory Coast is one of the few countries that still resist the terrorist threat in the Sahel,” said a U.N. official working in the country who was not authorized to speak on the matter publicly.

The Associated Press obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from a Russian spy ship that suffered a fire and drifted uncontrolled off Syria's coast.