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Syrian Leader: We Must Respect Greece, We Are Not in the Caliphate Anymore

As a nationalist group staged a beer and pork barbecue outside the migrant camp of Diavata, near Thessaloniki, on Sunday to protest against increasing numbers of migrants, the leader of the Syrian community in the country said that refugees...

Analysts See Turkey Repeating Cyprus Invasion in Syrian Offensive

Turkey's new offensive in northern Syria is reminiscent in many ways of the invasion of Cyprus in 1974, showing Ankara's expansionist tendencies once again, according to Greek and Cypriot analysts. Turkey launched its "Operation Peace Spring" on October 9 in...

Turkey's Erdogan Compares Syrian Offensive With Cyprus Invasion of 1974

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that his country's intervention in Syria is as vital to Turkey as its invasion of Cyprus had been in 1974. Speaking in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday, President Erdogan referred to the Turkish assault...

Syrian Men Posing as Volleyball Team Nabbed at Athens Airport

Greek police arrested a group of ten illegal immigrants from Syria at Athens' International Airport on Saturday. The men, who were posing as a volleyball team, were attempting to travel with illegally-obtained passports. Police said on Sunday that the refugees, who...

Erdogan Threatens to Open Gates for Syrian Refugees if EU Does Not Give Support to Turkey

Turkey will let Syrian refugees on its territory leave for Europe if the West does not give more financial support to Ankara and does not support its plans to create a security zone in Syria where refugees could be...

Missile Crashed in Occupied Cypriot Territories Came From Syrian Air Defense

The object that crashed onto Cypriot soil, on the occupied by Turkey side of the island early on Monday, was identified as a missile that was used by the Syrian army. According to Syrian media, the governmental forces of Syria...

Adrift Boat Leads Cyprus Police to 24 Syrian Migrants

After two patrol boats off the coast of Cyprus found an empty speedboat adrift at sea, they located 24 Syrian migrants on the island's southeastern coast. The migrants are thought to have sent the boat adrift after arriving on the coast...

Greece 'Throwing Lifeline' to Syrian Regime by Importing Phosphates: Report

An investigation has claimed Greek firms are buying phosphates from the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, who is attempting to return to EU markets. The investigation in Politico.eu claimed Greece -- which is receiving most of the imports mined...

111-Year-Old Syrian Woman is the Oldest Refugee in Greece

War is no respecter of age and although harrowing scenes of children fleeing the conflict in Syria have swept the world, some other refugees have had to flee in the twilight of their lives. This has been the fate of...

Syrian Man Disguised as a Woman Arrested at Athens Airport

Two Syrian men, one disguised as a woman, were arrested at El. Venizelos International Airport late on Wednesday, while trying to board a plane to Vienna. A 25-year-old Syrian national presented the second man as his spouse, and showed authorities...

Syrian Refugees Start Hunger Strike in Athens Demanding Transfer to Germany

A group of mainly Syrian women and children who have been stranded in Greece, pitched tents opposite parliament in Athens on Wednesday, protesting against delays in reuniting with relatives in Germany. Some of the refugees; who say they have been in...

Syrian Family Reunites in Lesvos After Father Was Captured by ISIS

Human interest stories coming out of refugee camps in the Greek islands are abundant, but one in particular, involving a Syrian family of three, is overwhelming. Nahil Alhelb was beginning to worry her toddler son would forget about his father...

Syrian Suspected of Being ISIS Member Claims Fighting Against Assad, Denies Atrocities on Video

The 32-year-old Syrian arrested in Alexandroupolis on suspicion of being an Islamic State fighter denied all allegations and claims he belongs to the Free Syrian Army fighting against Bashar al-Assad. The man who has videos of atrocities in his cell...

Syrian Jihadist Arrested in Northern Greece

A 30-year-old man suspected for being a fighter of the Isis Jihadist Group; was arrested on Thursday in the northern Greek town of Alexandroupolis. According to local news sources, the man confessed that he actively took part in ISIS’s operations in...

More than 300 Syrian Migrants Reach Cyprus on Sunday

Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island's northwestern coast. Police spokesman Michalis Ioannou said the 202 men, 30 women and 73 children arrived about...