, sources said. President Michel Aoun wrote on Twitter that" this tragedy that befell our dear Akkar

But the fires continued to rage, spreading east, and have already affected large swaths of forest in the mountainous north. Residents posted videos and images of scorched forests, blackened trees and fires on mountaintops, as the blaze closes in on the village of Qobayat.... Lots of losses, ” said Omar Massoud, the mayor of Andaqt village.... Syrian Civil Defense Chief General Saied al-Awad said gusty winds and high temperatures, as well as rugged terrain, were complicating the operations....

AMMAN( Reuters)-Dozens of Syrian refugees who fled the country to escape persecution have suffered abuse at the hands of authorities or pro-government militias after returning home, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday. The report documented 65 cases of arrest, arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearances between 2017 and 2021 among returnees from Lebanon and Jordan, also accusing authorities in Beirut of pursing an" aggressive returns agenda" again