Syria

  The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that Islamist Rebels broke into St. Thecla Orthodox Convent in Maaloula, 60km north of Damascus, taking hostage, the Mother Superior, Pelagia Sayyaf, along with a number of nuns. This break-in was accompanied...

  For the first time, Greece will be participating in a large tourism exhibition in Turkey, called the East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition (EMITT). Greece will gather all its regional tourism sectors under one roof to organize extensive...

Since April 2013, the Syrian authorities say that they still have no clear information regarding the whereabouts of the two abducted bishops. The Lebanese Bishop, Boulos Sayyah reported on al-Mada station that "there has been no clear information about the...

On the morning of Thursday the 17th of October, two Turks illegally transferred 77 Syrian immigrants on a luxurious sailboat from the opposite side of the Turkish coast, and disembarked them at the beach of Charaki on the island...

Greek diplomacy is still holding a wait-and-see attitude toward Washington’s stance on Syria. That is why the Foreign Ministry is not willing to take the risk of making a prediction of the development of the Syrian crisis. So far, the...

By H.K. Tzanis A spike in the number of undocumented migrants landing on the eastern Aegean island of Chios from the opposite Turkish coast last month, many of whom reportedly declared themselves as Syrian nationals, again raised concerns in Greece...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew expressed support for Pope Francis's prayer for peace in Syria and said "We will pray for peace in Syria with Pope Francis." Bartholomew said on his visit to Estonia that he welcomed the day called by...

On September 2, Israel and the U.S.  carried out a joint missile test in the Mediterranean, firing two rockets which later fell into the sea. News of the secret test came this morning when the Russian defense ministry stated that...

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras and his Deputy PM/Foreign Minister,  PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, said after a meeting that they would prefer a diplomatic solution to Syria's ongoing civil war instead of a...

Alarm bells were set off at the Greek Ministry of National Defense after the recent incidents that took place in Syria. Despite the fact that there has been a change of attitude on the part of the USA and...