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Algeria
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Algeria adopts law imposing death penalty on forest arsonists

Algerian lawmakers adopted on Thursday a law imposing the death penalty on convicted forest arsonists following this summer's huge wildfires.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 October, 2026
At least 12 people were killed in recent wildfires in Algeria [Getty]
Algeria
MENA
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Amnesty urges Algeria to abandon wildfire death penalty plans

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 September, 2026
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France
World
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George and Amal Clooney flee luxury French home due to wildfires

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 July, 2026
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Europe
World
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Wildfires overwhelm exhausted firefighters in France and Spain

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 July, 2026
Palestinians watch as an Israeli Air Tractor AT-802 firefighting plane extinguishes a blaze near the village of Tell, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Havat Gilad, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Wildfires in northern West Bank force settlement evacuation

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2026
Algeria's wildfires seasons are getting longer and more severe according to experts
Algeria
MENA
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Deadly orphanage blaze comes as Algeria wildfire season worsens

Sam Hamad
17 July, 2026
Argentina's President Javier Milei in West Jerusalem [Getty
Argentina
World
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Argentina officials blame Israeli tourists for Patagonia fires

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026
Smoke rises over the Bkassine Forest in Lebanon's Jezzine region, one of the largest pine forests in the Middle East, as wildfires spread across the area, on November 11, 2025. (Photo by Mohamad Zanaty/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Lebanon
Environment
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Fire near Lebanon pine forest 'not caused by Israeli strikes'

Louay Faour
12 November, 2025
Algeria continues battle against wildfires
Maghreb
MENA
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Why are wildfires burning through the Maghreb?

Basma El Atti
22 August, 2025
Firefighting efforts continue as flames spread rapidly across a large area after a wildfire broke out in Hama, Syria on August 13, 2025. (Photo by Kenene Hindavi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Syria
Environment
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Firefighters struggling to battle inferno in northwest Syria

The New Arab Staff
15 August, 2025
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Wildfires
Environment and Climate
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Syria's coastal forests face devastating losses after wildfires

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

23 July, 2025
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Wildfires
Society
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After the Latakia fires, Syrians unite to save their forests

The New Arab Staff

Safaa Sallal

16 July, 2025
The fires raged across Syria for seven days [Getty]
Syria
Environment
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Syrian authorities say Latakia wildfires 'nearly contained'

The New Arab Staff
10 July, 2025
An aerial view shows the forest fire, raging for 5 days, as firefighters continue from the air and land to extinguish the fire in Latakia, Syria on July 07, 2025. (Photo by Abd Najjar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Syria seeks European help as forest wildfires rage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 July, 2025
A Turkish helicopter helps battle a forest fires in the coastal Syrian province of Latakia
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria battles forest fires for third day as Turkey sends help

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 July, 2025
Forest fires raged across Latakia province [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syrian authorities evacuate citizens amid major forest fires

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 July, 2025
Smoke rises from burning trees while air and land intervention continues against the fire that broke out in the forest area in Buca district of Izmir, Turkiye on July 03, 2025. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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World
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Thousands evacuated as Greek, Turkish wildfires rage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 July, 2025
A helicopter drops water as it helps to extinguish a forest fire near Latrun Monastery in central Israel
Israel news
MENA
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Ben-Gvir blamed for Israel's lackluster wildfire response

The New Arab Staff
01 May, 2025
Israel is grappling to contain wildfires which spread on Wednesday [Getty]
Israel
MENA
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Israel reopens key roads as firefighters battle blaze

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 May, 2025
Independence Day Commemorations Cancelled As Wildfire Spreads Throug
Israel
MENA
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Israel deploys army to control fire near Jerusalem

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 April, 2025
Jamie Lee Curtis is seen at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 06, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario.
United States
Offbeat
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Outrage as US actress Jamie Lee Curtis likens LA fires to Gaza

The New Arab Staff
11 January, 2025