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Syrian wildfires spread due to heavy winds and war remnants
A Syrian official says firefighters are facing heavy winds, high temperatures and ordnance left behind from the country's ...
The vanishing Christians of Syria: A crisis the world cannot ignore
The United States must press the Syrian Transitional Government to bring the perpetrators of the Saint Elias Church attack to ...
How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria
Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...
Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its energy crisis
Syria's new leaders are hoping renewable energy will now become more than a patchwork solution. Investment is beginning to ...
UN teams deploy to Syrian coast as wildfires force hundreds to flee
LATAKIA, Syria -- United Nations teams have deployed Sunday to the Syrian coast, where firefighters are battling wildfires ...
Wildfires sweep through forests in drought-hit Syrian coast in major test for new government
Massive wildfires have torn through Syria’s coastal mountain region of Jabal Turkman since Thursday, destroying thousands of ...
Syria loses a lifeline as the United States and Europe slash global aid
The fall of Syria’s dictatorship last year brought the end of a long and bloody civil conflict — but no quick relief to ...
UK resets ties with Syria as foreign minister visits Damascus
Britain said on Saturday it was reestablishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country's years-long civil war, as foreign minister David Lammy visited its capital Damascus, pledging 94.5 ...
Wildfires Sweep Syria’s Coast as Drought Strains Fragile State
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.