In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of vicious anti-immigrant policies, I visited a refugee ...

Tourism between Turkey and Greece will witness a new record high in 2025, with a prediction of a record high in tourism ...

The islands of Lesvos, Chios, and Samos recorded an explosive increase in the number of arrivals from Turkey in 2024, as they reached 340,000. It is ...

New tour itineraries for 2025 include St Paul in northern Greece, taking in Philippi and Thessalonica. Corinth is another group option. Other western Europe destinations include Turkey (Izmir and ...

first-time mistake to make. Close to the capital of Athens and its port, Piraeus, these islands huddled around the Greek mainland are fab for a first go if you’re not sure island hopping is for you.

Greece’s wide scattering of differently sized, culturally distinct islands makes it a dream for a multi-stop trip. Come May and June, ferry services ramp up for summer, with hops between ...

Authorities on the eastern Greek island of Lesbos have ordered schools in part of the island to remain shut to allow for inspection for potential structural damage after an overnight earthquake rattle ...

In 2020, a 7.0 quake near the Greek island of Samos killed dozens of people in nearby Izmir, Turkey, and two in Samos.

Greece lies in a highly seismically active region, but the vast majority of earthquakes cause no injuries and little or no damage. A 6.3 quake that struck Lesbos in June 2017 killed one person and ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the eastern Greek island of Lesbos ordered schools in part of the island to close on Wednesday so they can be inspected for potential structural damage after ...