Lebanon is experiencing the heaviest forest fires witnessed in decades. 104 separate fires were reported, with the largest fires near Mushrif threatening residential areas and causing the displacement of hundreds of people.

The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are continuing their sweep of the district of Taramiyah, north of Baghdad, for ISIS remnants in their latest operation, the "Will of Victory".

The Iraqi Parliament has formed a committee to asses the damage to farmers' crop fields destroyed in ISIS' recent arson campaign.

Farmers in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria have been targeted continually by the deliberate burning of their crops, with ISIS militants widely suspected to be the perpetrators.

Farmers in Idlib accuse the Syrian government of deliberately setting fire to their crops in bid to take back opposition-held territory in northeast Syria.

Satellite images released by campaigners last week showed fields, orchards and olive groves burning in Syria. The Syrian regime and the rebels have blamed each other for the destruction, the UN’s World Food Programme said.

ISIS militants have been burning the crops of farmers to the south and west of Kirkuk. This time, they have deliberately attacked as Iftar approaches, knowing that farmers are less able to respond after long hours of fasting.

As drought turns fields arid, Moroccan nomadic herders' determination to roam freely in search of pasture has brought them into dispute with crop farmers.

Over one year since IS defeat, an estimated 3,500 people have been buried in site that was recently discovered in an agricultural suburb of Raqa.

Iraqi forces have sent reinforcements to the border area and are engaging in nightly artillery strikes on IS positions in eastern Syria ahead of an expected US pullout in the near future.

Since the turmoil after the 2011 Arab Spring, the number of unlicensed buildings in Egypt skyrocketed. Now, authorities are cracking down on residents who build on farmland affecting the country's farmers the most. The farmers complain that the government isn't providing alternatives for those who need cheap housing.

The border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Iraq at Jemima is to open soon, increasing cooperation between the two nations across different sectors.

The residence in this town have been living without any electricity for months, and some have even been forced underground.

Mustafa al-Mubarak, 35, was leaving his shift at a local bread oven in the Hama countryside on Saturday morning when...

American-backed forces vying to seize the Islamic State’s Syrian capital of Raqqa are now about 40km to the west, preparing...

AMMAN: Thick smoke and the smell of burnt plastic hang over Madaya. On the streets, traders stack what little firewood...