United Nations teams have been deployed to Syria’s coastal Latakia province, where wildfires have been burning for four days, forcing hundreds of families to flee and destroying large areas of farmland and infrastructure.
The UN’s top humanitarian official in Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, said urgent assessments are underway to gauge the scale of the disaster and determine priority needs.
Firefighters from Türkiye and Jordan have joined Syrian crews, using helicopters to contain the blazes and protect the nearby al-Frunloq natural reserve — known for its dense, interconnected forests.
Syria’s emergency minister Raed al-Saleh called the situation “extremely tragic,” estimating that 10,000 hectares of forest had been destroyed.
There are concerns that unexploded ordnance from Syria’s long war could complicate firefighting in some areas.
The fires come amid worsening drought and water shortages after a dry winter, with experts warning that climate change is making summer fires more intense across the eastern Mediterranean.
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The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner was formally charged on Tuesday (16 December) with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found slain in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that one of the two men suspected of carrying out Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in more than 30 years would be formally charged on Wednesday (17 December).
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday (16 December), in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.
Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest next year, has said it will not block Palestinian flags in the audience or suppress crowd reactions during Israel’s performance.
At least 37 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rain in Morocco's Atlantic coastal province of Safi, Moroccan authorities said on Monday (15 December).
Fighting along the Thailand–Cambodia border has entered a fifth consecutive day, despite U.S. President Donald Trump claiming he had brokered a ceasefire between the two sides.
Authorities discovered the lifeless bodies of renowned filmmaker Rob Reiner, aged 78, and his wife, Michele Reiner, 68, in their upscale Brentwood home in Los Angeles on Sunday. The police investigation has labeled the incident an apparent homicide.
Schools across Cambodia and Thailand were forced to close on Monday (15 December) as border clashes between the two countries escalated, with the death toll reaching at least 40 and hundreds of thousands of people displaced, according to officials and local media.
Cambodia must be the first to declare a ceasefire in the ongoing border conflict, Thailand said on Tuesday (16 December), as fighting continued despite earlier claims that hostilities would stop and at least 52 people have been killed on both sides.
The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner was formally charged on Tuesday (16 December) with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found slain in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that one of the two men suspected of carrying out Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in more than 30 years would be formally charged on Wednesday (17 December).
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday (16 December), in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.
Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest next year, has said it will not block Palestinian flags in the audience or suppress crowd reactions during Israel’s performance.
The Trump administration has expanded its travel restrictions, now affecting a total of 39 countries.
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