Salamis

Greece has closed its embassy in Libya and is withdrawing its diplomatic mission from Tripoli as militia and Libyan troops are fighting for the city's control. In an operation spearheaded by the Greek Navy, frigate Salamis left Greece on Wednesday with the...

A ceremony marking the last stand of the 300 Spartans and their Greek allies against the Persian hordes of King Xerxes at the Pass of Thermopylae, a gallant battle that helped save Western Civilization, was marked on Aug. 8. Some...