Greece also worked to contain blazes on Lesbos and in the Peloponnese, where another firefighter died, in the midst of a brutal wildfire season for Europe.
Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver aid say Israeli forces intercepted them, detaining the crews while the flotilla was sailing near the Greek island of Crete.
The island of Crete was wrapped in an orange and red veil, as a powerful dust storm kicked sand from the Sahara toward Greece.
A sandstorm from Africa blankets the Greek island with orange dust.
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The Ford will now spend an undetermined amount of time in the Cretan port of Souda Bay.
Originally published by AND Magazine
The Greeks have been fighting the Persians probably longer than anybody, so it seems somehow fitting that the latest front in the current war with Iran may be in Greece. The Greek police just arrested a 36-year-old man at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens on suspicion of spying for Iran at the Souda Bay, Crete naval base. The suspect is of Georgian descent and a native of Azerbaijan. According to Greek authorities, he was in direct contact with his handlers in Iran via an encrypted Internet application. After his arrest, the Greeks found a large number of photos of the Souda Bay naval base on his phone. Souda Bay is a NATO base in Crete. It is a key facility in support of ongoing U.S. military operations in the Middle East. On its…Open