Iraq
Archaeology
Artifact With 2,000-Year-Old Greek Inscription Discovered in Kurdistan
Archaeologists in the Iraqi region of Duhok have unearthed a stone artifact dating back to 165 BC which has an inscription in Greek.
According to the inscription, which has been translated into Kurdish by scholars, the over 2,000-year-old stone dates...
Diplomacy
Turkey Forces Greek FM's Plane to Circle as New Drill Ship Joins the Fray
Turkey kept a Greek government plane in the air for at least twenty minutes on Wednesday, as a new drill ship was seen sailing south of Kastellorizo in a clear escalation of the country's provocative behavior.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos...
Greece
Iraqis Voluntarily Leave Greece in Largest-Ever Repatriation
One hundred and thirty four Iraqis voluntarily returned to their country on a charter flight that departed on Thursday from Athens International Airport, as part of the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) program that is being implemented with...
Greek News
Beirut Blast Kills Scores, Injures Thousands, Leaving City in Chaos
An enormous explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon killed at least 115 people and more than 4,000 others are injured. Many people are still missing.
The reason for the blast, which occurred in the region of the city's port...
Greece
PM Mitsotakis Meets With Venezuela's Guaido and President of Iraqi Kurdistan in Davos
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his full support for the people of Venezuela on Friday during a meeting in Davos, Switzerland with Juan Guaido, the opposition leader and President of the country's National Assembly.
Guaido has been officially recognized...
Greek News
Iran Attacks US Bases in Iraq in Retaliation for Suleimani Killing
The widely-anticipated Iranian retaliation against the US for the killing of top general Qassem Suleimani started in the early hours of Wednesday, as Tehran launched more than a dozen missiles at Iraqi bases hosting US and coalition troops.
Al-Asad Airbase...
Greece
First Baby Born in 2020 on Greece's Lesvos was Born Into a Refugee Family
The first baby to be born in 2020 on Greece's island of Lesvos was a boy from a family of Iraqi refugees.
The boy was born in the early hours of January 1 and weighs 2.8 kilograms.
According to local daily...
World
Copy of the Gospel Written in Greek Found in Mosul, Iraq
A rare copy of the Gospel, handwritten in Greek and translated into Aramaic, was found in the debris of a destroyed Orthodox church in Mosul, Iraq, the Association of Orthodox Journalists reported recently.
According to the Orthodoxia News Agency, the...
Cyprus
British F-35 Jets To Use Cyprus as Base For Syria, Iraq Operations
The UK’s newest and most advanced generation of fighter jets, the "Lightning F-35 B," recently completed its first operational missions to Syria and Iraq, flying out of the Akrotiri British Sovereign base in Cyprus.
The mission is part of the...
Greece
Evros: Woman, Two Children Missing after Boat Capsizes
A search and rescue operation has been launched by the Hellenic Police, to locate a woman and her two children who went missing after their boat capsized in the Evros River during their attempt to reach Greece. The river...