Wildfires Sweep Syria's Coast as Drought Strains Fragile StateFirefighting 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.
Source: Wildfires Sweep Syria's Coast as Drought Strains Fragile State (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/world/middleeast/syria-wildfires-drought.html)